Chapter 172: In a Prison Cell
Mu Xi looked at Xiaoxia's relaxed expression, she also leaned on the head of the bed with relief, and whispered about family life:
"What big things are you two planning? Is it still related to me?"
"This matter is kept secret, my mother said it, and when I should let my benefactor know, I will definitely tell you as soon as possible. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xiaoxia said with a smug smile, her eyes looked sideways, squeezing grimaces, naughty like a child.
"Don't guess, you have to plan how to get me out, don't you? I don't care what your mother's plan is, she does things, of course I am the most assured, but don't take risks, you must do my business on the premise of protecting yourself, otherwise, I will die here, and it will not affect you, you and your mother, after so many years, finally able to rely on each other for a few days of quiet days, I don't want it to be ruined in my hands, then I will feel guilty for a lifetime." ”
Mu Xi said solemnly, this is what she said in her heart, Xiaoxia naturally knows, Wen Li said that the benefactor is such a person, he would rather suffer himself than bring a little harm to others.
Xiaoxia turned to Mu Xi and cast a silent gaze, full of affection and attachment, as if she had fulfilled her mother's request for her, and regarded Mu Xi as her dearest relative.
After living in Tongyun Palace for a few days, it seemed that after a few years, Mu Xi sat on the bed most of the time due to physical exhaustion, rarely walked around the ground, and did not carefully observe the house.
Mu Xi took advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to look up at the low roof, which seemed to be lower than ordinary houses, "It's not night yet, it's dark here, it's time to hold the lights." ”
She said to herself, and the darkness on the beams was slowly spreading into the house.
"Of course, this is Tongyun Courtyard! Tongyun Palace was changed later in order to sound better, and for the sake of this courtyard, my mother specially told me to come. ”
Xiaoxia turned over and sat up, pointed around the room, and slowly introduced:
"Where is it like a palace here, it is about the same size as the prince's courtyard, all kinds of arrangements are for better guarding the prisoners, entering the door and turning around is the bed, how can there be a boudoir arranged like this, you go to the palace to see, these minions outside, which dares to enter the master's door without saying a word, and do not scare their dog guts, hum, it is nothing more than here, each dog looks down on people, and even does not understand some basic etiquette. ”
The more Xiaoxia spoke, the more angry she became, her voice couldn't help but get louder and louder, Mu Xi reminded softly, she lowered her voice helplessly, and continued:
"When this Tongyun Courtyard was built at the beginning of that year, it was used to imprison the women robbed by the Khan, and later it was simply used to imprison the imperial relatives who had made mistakes but had not yet been convicted, and it was everywhere here to strengthen the guards. ”
She pointed to the roof, "Look at this roof, the pastoral meaning is a little shorter, firstly, to prevent gentlemen from having beams, and secondly, to directly tie up and hang prisoners;"
"Look at this house again, all the furnishings have no dead corners, as soon as you enter the door, in addition to the bed and the screen that is slightly blocked, you can see the whole house when you enter the door, the house is small, naturally good to watch, and it is not easy to hide people;"
Mu Xi followed Xiaoxia's fingers and looked at them one by one, as if all this had nothing to do with her, she was just a passing by, and she didn't care.
"Look at the courtyard wall, there are more than two people high, even if it is a light skill master like me, jumping over the wall, it will definitely attract the attention of the guards, we were lucky the day before yesterday, Shi Yizheng had not returned to the inner courtyard at that time, otherwise, he would definitely be caught. ”
Xiaoxia's interest is getting stronger and stronger, and she is still talking with interest.
Mu Xi was puzzled and interrupted her in a low voice:
"Didn't Shi Yi say that he also lives in this courtyard?"
Xiaoxia came to Mu Xi again, showed a slightly satisfied expression, and nodded slightly: "In this regard, I really want to say that Shi Yi is quite a good person, you have been staying in the room, I don't know that since I came, Shi Yi drove all the male attendants to live in the outer courtyard, including himself and moved out, so that every night when the door of the inner courtyard is closed, it is full of female dependents, Hongxia is also licensed, before closing the door every night, go back to the inner courtyard to sleep, and you must go out as soon as it is dawn." ”
Mu Xi also nodded slightly, which can be regarded as approving Xiaoxia's evaluation of Shi Yi.
"By the way, where did you just talk about it? This should be made clear, my mother said, I must tell you in detail about the structure of the building here, so that you know in your heart. Xiaoxia persistently took Mu Xi's hand and said seriously.
"Okay, okay, you go on, uh, talk about the courtyard wall, what's next? Isn't it possible to talk about the soil in the courtyard as well?" Mu Xi said jokingly.
"Yes, yes, it's earth, but it's the ground, it's underground, to be exact. Xiaoxia responded to Mu Xi's smile seriously, and said in a mysterious whisper:
"My mother said that the ground here is filled with stones, in order to prevent people from digging tunnels, so, in this courtyard, you see, there is not even a tree, not that no one planted trees, but that after planting trees, they will not live long at all, and the dead trees will be reminiscent of no soil underground. ”
Mu Xi asked suspiciously: "Didn't you plant a begonia tree before?"
"Yes, it was planted when the prince of Jinglu was young, he was imprisoned here for a year, he planted begonia trees all over the yard, but he didn't know that when the guards planted the trees, they cut off the roots of the trees together, so the trees barely survived for dozens of days and then died, so there were no more big trees. ”
Xiaoxia explained calmly, but Mu Xi's heart immediately trembled slightly, but she still changed the topic flatly, "Why has Jinglu been locked up here for a year?"
"Hey, you really asked about the key place, in this room, all the people who lived in, only Jing Lu went out alive, and the others disappeared without explanation, my mother said, those women who were robbed by the Khan were later pulled out and buried alive. ”
Xiaoxia talked about the boring topic, sat on the bed again, and whispered.
"The answer is not the question. Mu Xi replied softly.
Xiaoxia suddenly looked at it, and then came back to her senses and continued to whisper: "It's not for the throne, Jinglu was born to Queen Xiao, and Khan was born to the previous queen, Khan loves Wu and Wu, and it was for Queen Xiao to force the former queen to death, so, since there is the prince of Jinglu, all the good things in the world are from this Jinglu, as the eldest brother Prince Yelu was angry with his younger brother everywhere, and later, you guessed it, Prince Yelu took advantage of the death of the old Khan, so he raised troops to arrest Jinglu, and then forced Queen Xiao to death, and became a khan himself. ”
Tired of speaking, Xiaoxia supported her chin with her hand and crawled in front of Mu Xi, "The prince of Jinglu is both civil and military, brave and strategic, but his temper is too big, my mother said that he will not be tactful, so he will inevitably become the target of the public, he can fight well, and the credit makes Prince Yelu unable to surpass, so as soon as Yelu ascended the throne, he wanted to kill this younger brother, but at that time, there was no decent general in the army who could lead the troops to fight, Yelu Khan, he was worried that once a foreign enemy took advantage of his unstable imperial power to send troops to attack, he was powerless to parry." ”
Mu Xi indifferently took the words of Xiaoxia, who was extremely bored, "So, the Khan weighed left and right, and finally let Jing Lu go, but killed Princess Yanran, and forced Prince Lei to force Jing Lu to give up his military power." ”