In the dead of night, at a tunnel in the cell, hundreds of sloppy prisoners walked out, all of whom had iron chains on their hands and feet, and every day they walked with the sound of iron chains worn.

Ren Xiaoyao looked at the sloppy prisoner, revealing hands and feet with black unknown substances, and I don't know if it was because he didn't wash his hands after work, or because he hadn't cleaned up for too long, and his face was still covered with a trace of mud, and his hair was like a bird's nest.

When the prisoners returned to their respective cages one by one, the head of the cell when Ren Xiaoyao entered the cell at the beginning, holding a notebook, passed through each cell, counting and counting the number of people. Confirm that all prisoners are back in their cells. If there is one person missing, he can't afford it.

When the cell head pointed to Ren Xiaoyao's prison, he said to Ren Xiaoyao in a weird manner: "Boy, what do you see, you have to go tomorrow, don't think that you can eat and drink in the cell, you don't want to go out in this life." After saying that, he led the two prison histories and left.

Ren Xiaoyao looked at the cell head who left, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said in his heart: I don't know if you can live until tomorrow. When he came back to his senses, he looked at the tired prisoner and frowned.

The reason why he came here was originally to sneak into the so-called prefectural order account office at night to see if there was a chance to steal some silver. The idea came to me after clarifying the purpose of the four conscripts to the fruit shop, and what the crowd said after they were angry.

For this kind of indiscriminate accusation against himself, he is not a good official at first glance, and the people's grievances are still so big, he must be a corrupt official, and it is difficult to calm the anger in his heart if he does not take all his property for himself. What he hates most about Ren Xiaoyao is being wronged, and since this county order has wronged him, there is no need to be polite to him

And in Prince Jing's Mansion in the North City of Four Seasons County, Ren Shiting and Chen Shan found the white general - Bai Rongquan. When looking for Bai Rongquan, Ren Shiting was frightened, only to know that what Ren Xiaoyao said was actually the general who went to Renjia Village last time, and this general was still in the prince's mansion.

For a little girl who is only in her teens, she is very afraid of these people who are related to the court. Because he often heard from the people in the village that there were few good officials in the village, and all of them were corrupt officials who oppressed the good people.

But fortunately, he came with Chen Shan, Chen Shan saw Prince Jing's mansion, although I don't know why Ren Xiaoyao asked Ren Shiting to come here, but seeing Ren Shiting, who was pale, he took out a piece of jade pendant and handed it to the officers and soldiers guarding the door, and found Prince Jing and Bai Rongquan.

In Prince Jing's mansion, Prince Jing warmly entertained Chenshan. He asked, "Is Chenshan really?" I wonder if the morning imperial doctor is okay now? This king has not seen each other for more than ten years since Imperial Doctor Chen left Beijing, and he didn't expect Imperial Doctor Chen's granddaughters to be so old."

"Yes, farewell to the capital, I didn't expect to meet the descendants of the old people in Four Seasons County, thanks to the morning imperial doctor, you were able to survive." A graceful and elegant woman sitting next to Prince Jing chimed in. This woman is Prince Jing's wife, Sun Mengxian.

Chen Shan looked at Prince Jing and his wife, and said dignifiedly: "Thank you for your concern, grandpa is in good health, he can eat and sleep, and he is tired of the prince and the princess. ”

She knew that family ugliness should not be publicized, so she replied vaguely. And she is also saving face for herself and her grandfather, if Prince Jing knows that her father is like this, her grandfather will be afraid of losing face as an official for many years. And in the officialdom, I don't know who is sincere and who is false.

This is also the first time she has met Prince Jing, she was born in Shidong County, not born in Jincheng, so strictly speaking, this is the first time she has seen him. And Chenguang is indifferent to fame and fortune, so she doesn't say much about her actions in the court, and she knows very little.

And the jade pendant she handed to the guards was given by Prince Jing. She wore it from childhood to adulthood, and if it weren't for this, she often asked her grandfather when she was a child, and she didn't know such a thing. I only remembered when I saw the plaque on the door of the mansion, and it was also the only thing I knew about Prince Jing.

"You kid, why are you so polite. By the way, is your grandfather here this time? Why are you here alone? Seeing Chenshan's cautious look, Prince Jing smiled and smiled. He thought that Chen Shan was afraid of life, and explained.

When Chen Shan was just about to answer, a pleasant girl's voice came from outside the hall, and Bailijie jumped up and shouted into the hall: "Dad, mother, I'm back, why haven't you slept yet?" He was followed by Bailiyun and Sizhu.

As he walked down the hall, he saw two strangers and glanced at him strangely. When she saw Ren Shiting, she opened her mouth and asked Ren Shiting, "Little girl, why are you here?" ”

The palace of the prince was full of fire, and several people were talking lively. In the Yamen cell of Siji County, Beishi, all the prisoners were exhausted from doing coolies, and all of them were asleep. And instead of sleeping, Ren Xiaoyao kept his eyes wide open.

When he heard Brother Sharp snoring, a white light flashed on the middle finger of his right hand, took out the universal knife from the storage ring, walked to the wooden door of the prison, and with a slight stroke, cut the iron chain on the door, and put it into the ring the moment the chain fell.

Looking at the wooden door without shackles, Ren Xiaoyao easily walked out of the cage, slowly checking every corner of the cell, looking for the authentic tunnel that Brother Sharp said. And when they passed through each cage, they took away the chains from the wooden doors.

As he went deeper and deeper, he didn't see a single officer at the end, and the whole cell should be underground. I saw only an iron gate, and the iron door only had a small window. A small moan could be heard from inside.

Hearing the voice, Ren Xiaoyao's curiosity came up, he searched the entire cell but couldn't find the tunnel, the only thing he didn't find was the room inside the iron door. Pick up the universal knife in your hand, like cutting tofu, and gently cut the lock on the iron door.

Pushing open the door, I saw a young man covered in blood tied to a cross, and the room contained a cave where people could walk.

As soon as Ren Xiaoyao wanted to walk into the cave, he felt that the young man covered in blood opened his eyes. Immediately walked up to him and covered his mouth, and said, "Don't make a noise, let me ask you, does this cave lead to iron mines?" Nod if yes, shake your head if not. ”

The young man covered in blood, who had just woken up from the pain, heard such a sentence, and opened his eyes wide to see Ren Xiaoyao holding a knife in one hand and covering his mouth with the other. After listening to what Ren Xiaoyao said, he nodded with difficulty.

Ren Xiaoyao saw the young man nodding, showing a smile, looking at the young man covered in blood, and said lightly: "Don't make any noise, I'll take a look first, and then release you when I come back, whether you go or run, it has nothing to do with me, you know?" ”

When the boy heard this, he nodded again, indicating that he knew.

Ren Xiaoyao saw him nodding, slowly let go of the hand covering the young man, and saw that the young man did not shout, and walked into the dark cave slowly, without even using a torch

An hour later, Ren Xiaoyao walked out of the cave with a smile on his face. Looking at the young man covered in blood, he took the universal knife to the hemp rope that tied the boy, and cut the hemp rope in three strokes and two strokes. The boy regained his freedom.

After Ren Xiaoyao restored the young man's freedom, he said, "Remember, you haven't seen me. With that, he took his knife and walked out of the iron gate, and returned to his prison.

After returning to his prison, he took out the iron cable from the wooden door from the ring and put it on the wooden door. After that, he pretended to fall asleep on the straw, and at the same time, he shouted, "Free, free, you can leave, the lock on the door is gone." ”

To be continued (To be continued. )