"Thank you. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "The maid bowed and bowed again, and thanked the jailer for a thousand kindnesses.

The jailer was impatient, "You guys hurry up, don't be an eyesore here, and then arrest you as accomplices, you will suffer, but I finally have the opportunity to go in and talk to Zhang Jieyuan and Master Zhang, but I will also put you in." ”

"Let's go. Believe, it will trouble the two masters. Zhang Mei and the maid had no choice but to retreat.

Zhang Mei and Peng Lingkong glanced at each other, Zhang Mei understood what Peng Lingkong meant, saw him invisible, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Peng Lingkong was invisible, followed the jailer who took the letter, and walked to the prison, he wanted to see them hand over the letter to Zhang Jieyuan, and then see how he was doing in the cell of Dali Temple, it was best to show his true identity and persuade him in person.

Zhang Mei and the maid hid in a hidden corner nearby, waiting for Peng Lingkong to come out to find the two of them and work together to carry out the next rescue plan.

The lights in the prison of Dali Temple are dim, the environment is bad, the smell is bad, and the cell door is made of very thick iron bars.

The people in the cells were dressed in tatters, listless, stunned, or groaning in pain. Seeing some jailers passing by, some of them hid in horror and silently inside, eager to shrink down to the base of the wall; Others, clinging to the bars of the cell door with both hands, stared wide at the sound of their footsteps, and followed them until they disappeared again in the other direction.

Hundreds of people from the top and bottom of the Zhang family were locked up in dozens of cells one after another. Men and women are generally separated, and some are family-based, with women carrying minor children. From time to time, the cries of women, children, the old and the weak can be heard.

Zhang Jieyuan, Zhang Runyuan, and Brother Zhang are locked up together. Now there are only two people in the cell, Zhang Jieyuan and Zhang Runyuan, who have been stripped of their official uniforms and only wear obscene clothes, their previous heroism is gone, Zhang Jieyuan is pacing nervously, looking out of the prison door from time to time; Zhang Runyuan looked down at the ground, didn't say anything, and looked very depressed. The reaction of the two people is not consistent with rigor and calmness, and the normality of self-confidence and courage to take responsibility, all because Brother Zhang was taken away for interrogation.

Zhang Jieyuan and Zhang Runyuan couldn't understand why Brother Zhang was the first person to be arraigned, not Zhang Jieyuan, the "culprit", the child was only an accomplice at most, and the crime was minor and insignificant in comparison. The arraignment people refused to say anything, only that it was an order from above, and they only acted on orders, and they did not know the reason.

The reason why Brother Zhang was the first to be interrogated is actually very simple, because Zhang Jieyuan can't figure it out.

Zhang Jieyuan is an upright official, usually acts above board, has no misdeeds of corruption and perversion of the law, and is deeply loved by his colleagues and the common people who can contact him, and he cannot be tried for other crimes. The matter of meditating outside the palace and opposing Yang Jian and the new imperial court is on the bright side, and everyone can see it, and there is no need for re-interrogation, and it is okay to punish the crime and convict it directly. He had nothing to interrogate and ask.

The purpose of interrogating Brother Zhang, a newly adult child, was clear, that is, to ask Zhang Mei's whereabouts from him and arrest her. They will not forget that it was the embroidery made by her ghost that she sold them, as Peng Lingkong said, that she took the opportunity to announce her personal vendetta and would not let her go.

Just ask Zhang Jieyuan directly about this matter. The officials of Dali Temple have all kinds of worries, he hates Zhang Mei and disdains that he has kicked her out of the house and does not want to mention her again, they first ask her whereabouts, he will laugh at them, etc., it is possible to happen and become a fact. Therefore, after careful consideration, it was Brother Zhang who was arraigned.

Brother Zhang has been influenced by Zhang Jieyuan since he was a child, and after growing up and being sensible, he hated his mother, Mrs. Zhang, for Zhang Mei, and hated and feared her eldest sister, but he couldn't put her to death, and he didn't kill anyone, so he didn't care at all, and he didn't know her whereabouts at all.

The people in Dali Temple thought that Brother Zhang was hard-mouthed and couldn't ask anything, so they quickly beat him with impatience.

"Here, this is a letter from your neighbors, read it and eat it yourself, don't stay and cause trouble for yourself and us." When the jailer had finished giving the order, he threw the letter into the cell door, turned and left.

Zhang Jieyuan picked up the letter on the ground and opened it to see that after so many years of getting along, of course he knew Peng Lingkong's notes. is still the same set of words, advising him to "know the times as a handsome man", not to touch the stone with an egg, for the sake of his own life and the safety of the whole family, ask him to bow his head to Yang Jian and confess his guilt, express his acceptance of him as everyone's emperor, bow down to him, in order to receive only the lightest punishment.

Zhang Jieyuan read the letter expressionlessly, and Zhang Runyuan asked curiously: "What content?" Who wrote it? I don't remember any of our neighbors who would send us letters at times like this. ”

The neighbors of Zhang's mansion are all eunuchs, who surrendered early and attached themselves to Yang Jian, how could they be willing to take risks at such a time and send letters to the prison of Dali Temple, unless it is the will of the imperial court to continue to persuade them to surrender.

It was indeed persuaded to surrender, but it was not a neighbor, it was one of the people he relied on the most, Zhang Jieyuan smiled coldly, "See for yourself." He threw the letter to Zhang Runyuan.

The jailer who delivered the letter turned around and walked out, there was no jailer nearby to supervise him, Peng Lingkong went directly into the cell, revealing his true body, "Two adults." ”

Zhang Jieyuan indifferently pointed to the letter in Zhang Runyuan's hand and asked Peng Lingkong, "This is the letter you wrote, right?" Now that you can get in, what kind of letter do you write? ”

"That's what I mean with the eldest lady. We didn't know where the adults were being held, and we were worried that we wouldn't be allowed to come in, but for the sake of safety, we wrote this letter, and I wrote it from the eldest lady, who spent a lot of money to send the letter in, and I followed the jailer to find it. Peng Lingkong sought truth from facts and informed Zhang Jieyuan that Zhang Mei was good.

To this day, Peng Lingkong is still speaking for Zhang Mei. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

"My eldest niece still treats her as our own family, and she is kind and righteous, and she is willing to spend money to help us after we are sent to prison." Zhang Runyuan sighed a lot, and in fact, he also accused Zhang Jieyuan of being too ruthless to Zhang Mei, but he couldn't say it so clearly.

Peng Lingkong also introduced Zhang Mei to Zhang Jieyuan and Zhang Runyuan, "The eldest lady plans to go to the place where the adults are sitting quietly and kneel down to beg the emperor and the court, and understand the adults and the Zhang Mansion, so that everyone can be let live." ”

"Just know to oppose me and disgrace me." Zhang Jieyuan waved his sleeves angrily and turned his back. Contrary to what he did, he was angry in the first place.