A few days ago, the hussar general Chen Taoyuan accidentally killed Li Guifei's brother Li Baoli, and was sent to prison by the Criminal Department pending trial.

Speaking of the cause of this incident, Li Guifei's brother Li Baoli relied on the name of his uncle, used to bullying men and women, and one day he fell in love with a beautiful girl ring of the Chen family, so he wanted to tie him home to be the eighteenth concubine, but he would rather die than obey, and he died on the stone lion in front of Uncle Li's mansion.

The people who know what is going on can only sigh: Shame and life!

After Li Guifei learned about her brother's bastard, she sent silver to the Chen family's parents, and wanted to arrange it, after all, there was a death.

Unexpectedly, at that time, Chen Taohu, a hussar general of the Chen family who had been guarding the border for six years, was ordered to return to Beijing to report on his work.

Early the next morning, when Chen Taoyuan was preparing to go to the early court, the people from the criminal department had already come to the door and took the emperor's decree to put her in prison for beating Uncle Li to death.

The people are also embarrassed: Uncle Li Guo died well, but he even affected General Chen!

The Chen family is full of loyalty, horse leather shroud, buried bones in the frontier, since the founding of the Emperor Dazu, a dignified big family now only Chen Taoyuan as a woman to hold up the lintel of the Chen family, she followed her father and brother to the battlefield at the age of twelve, at the age of fourteen her father and brother all died, she rode into the enemy army alone, took the head of the enemy commander Ji Moshen and his son, forced the enemy to retreat, and since then became famous, His Majesty the Emperor made an exception to seal her as a woman as a general.

After Chen Taoyuan was imprisoned, the Chen family's mansion, which had been in place for more than 100 years, was sealed, and all the servants were dismissed, and it was empty, and the old mansion stood in the cold winter.

The prison of the Ministry of Punishment was deep and dark, the torches on the walls flickered and shone on the corridors two or three people wide, the wails of the prisoners after their torture could be clearly heard in the quiet of the night, and a cold smell of mildew could be smelled everywhere in the nose, and the cells were like fences, separating the prisoners, and only a window about the size of a palm was opened on the outer wall of each cell, and a glimmer of light was faintly seen casting in.

At the time of the shift change, two jailers, one fat and one thin, came in from outside the prison door, wearing uniforms issued by uniforms, to take over the work of two jailers who could not wait to go home.

"Starling, it's really tiring to be on the night shift." The fat jailer yawned unobtrusively, looking unrefreshed.

The thin jailer had a flat face, and the smallest jailer's suit still looked a little loose on him, half a head shorter than the fat jailer, and he drank hot tea and peeled a few peanuts before he stood up to patrol the night.

"You sit down, I'll take a look inside, you look outside, don't make any trouble."

The fat jailer sat peacefully, peeling peanuts while looking at the prisoners in the cell, as long as he didn't cause trouble, he could live in peace.

The thin jailer straightened his clothes, and with his right hand pressed his sword, he swaggered through the aisle two or three people wide.

"Eighth master, the villain didn't lie to you, right?" Seeing him pass, the prisoner in a cell hurriedly ran to the front of the cell, clinging to the cell door tightly, he was embarrassed, his face was full of filth, he could no longer see his true face, and a pair of mung bean-sized eyes flashed green.

The thin jailer stopped and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Bastard, if you don't say it, Lao Tzu almost forgot," he stepped forward and grabbed the prisoner's already knotted hair, "Lao Tzu dug three feet into the ground and didn't see anything, you dare to shake Lao Tzu?" ”

The prisoner felt a heart-wrenching pain, his hair seemed to be pulled off his scalp, listening to his words, Mung Dou's eyes were flustered, and he was also panicked: "Impossible, Eighth Master, the villain is indeed buried in his own backyard, it is impossible not to be there!" ”

"Eighth master, have you been careful, it's under the pear tree in the backyard of the villain's house." He hurriedly confronted the jailer again, "It's impossible that he wasn't there, it was the villain who buried it with the Hun family back then." ”

The thin jailer smiled coldly, let go of his hair, and dusted his hands, "What about you, listen to this master, your house is empty, there is not even a person, and you are still in a mess, you don't know where to run for a long time!" ”

The prisoner sat on the ground, a pair of mung bean eyes had long since lost their light, and there was a dead silence, needless to say, he knew that it was the woman of his own family who had rolled up the money and ran away. "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, you, you are so ruthless。。。。。。"

He muttered, slumped on the straw-covered floor.

The thin jailer continued to walk forward, and some of the wailing prisoners were silenced, and hid quietly in the corner, not daring to take a heavy breath.

He was still swaggering, and he turned a blind eye to the bloody prisoners who had just been tortured during the day, and kept moving forward.

The last few cells are different from the front, not in the shape of a fence, but with a brick wall and a tight iron gate, which is only for one person to enter and exit sideways, and is generally locked up for felons or high-ranking prisoners, such as the hussar general Chen Taoyuan.

Chen Taoyuan's mansion was sealed and she was imprisoned, but His Majesty the Emperor had not issued a decree to remove her from her military position, so the Criminal Department locked her in a cell with special treatment and enjoyed some better benefits, such as not extorting confessions by torture.

As usual, the thin jailer gently knocked on the iron door to attract the hussar general's attention, but as usual, this Chen Taoyuan still ignored him first.

He pursed his lips and was not angry, "General Chen, you slept so early, and the Qing prince asked the villain to send you something again." ”

The Qing prince is the youngest son of His Majesty the Emperor, favored by His Majesty the Emperor, it is said that he is the fiancé set by General Chen since he was a child, I heard that it is the marriage given by the emperor himself, I don't know what the reason is, and he has not been married.

Lying on the simple and tidy bed, Chen Taoyuan knew who the person was, Hu Ba in the cell, known as the "Eighth Master", was the number one in the prison cell, heard the content of his words, turned around and lay inside, "Send all the things back, tell him, I Chen someone doesn't need it." ”

The thin jailer is called Hu Ba, the eighth in the family, and his name is "eight", and he has been in the prison of the Criminal Department for six years.

He touched the jade pendant in his hand, the fire shone on this piece of jade, crystal clear, it was a piece of high-grade jade, of course, this is the jade taken out of the hands of the Qing prince, it should be a high-grade jade. "Lord Qing said, let the little one give you this piece of jade."

Chen Taoyuan still didn't react, and he didn't turn around, but just replied: "Send the things back, I appreciate his kindness." ”

Hu Ba touched the jade in his hand a little lovingly, and felt that it was a pity, no one seemed to appreciate the heart of the Qing prince, but it was a pity that the jade-like Qing prince was infatuated and no one asked.

"It's a pity, the prince of Qing gave the small fifty taels of silver for the small one to send the jade, and now if General Chen refuses to accept the jade, the small fifty taels may not be earned."

He looked pity, and he was distressed that he was missing fifty taels.

Chen Taoyuan got up from the bed, raised his hand to take down the hosta on his head, and his black hair like a waterfall was scattered, and the heroic General Chen had a softer attitude, "This thing is for you, please send his things back and tell him that someone Chen can't afford it." ”

Hu Ba didn't shirk it, so he took the things, said goodbye, and walked out.

Chen Taoyuan sat on the edge of the bed, counting the number of days she was in prison, thinking about it, it was very fast, it had been ten days, and there was no arraignment, she had been in prison, every day there was an annoying guy asking someone to send something, she sighed deeply, not to think too much, the only thought was not to let the foundation of the Chen family be ruined in her own hands, but 。。。。。。

Is she going to compromise?

Never hesitating to kill the enemy on the battlefield, she hesitated for the compromises she might need.

When Hu Ba returned outside, the fat jailer was already a little sleepy, and when he saw him coming back, he hurriedly patted his fleshy face and tried to sober up.

"Starling, you finally came out, I'm sleepy to death, I don't want to be on duty at night in the future."

Hu Ba hit the fat jailer's head with a bullet, and the sound of "snap" was crisp, "Say more and make more mistakes, say less and make fewer mistakes, understand?" ”

Sitting down at the small table, he poured himself a full glass of hot wine, squinted and drank the wine, looking contented, "Sing about wine, this is good, fat five, sing a little song to my brother to relieve boredom." ”

The fat jailer's nickname is Fat Five, and he has always been called like this, so people who know him don't remember what his name is.

He didn't care at all, he talked about it, and he really sang a little song, but the difference with his body shape was that the noise was very soft, and the singing made people sour and soft to the bone.

Hu Ba listened, drank wine, and peeled peanuts, life is also comfortable.

After working overnight, and finally waiting for someone to change shifts, Hu Ba and Fat Wu walked out of the prison, facing the morning sun, and invariably rose to lazy waist.

"Eighth Master is early!"

"Eighth Master is early!"

The guards outside the cell all greeted him, Hu Ba also nodded, touched a piece of jade and a hosta in his sleeve, and smiled a little smugly, "Fat Wu, you eat breakfast first, I have something to do." ”

Fat Five simply walked away without asking him what he was going to do.

Hu Ba rose to the waist again, touched his face again, it was easy to get angry when he stayed up late, he had to drink herbal tea to be dispelled, and turned around and walked in the opposite direction of the prison of the Criminal Department.

A tall mansion, which looks very majestic and rich, is written "Qing Wangfu" in a big way.