72. Night trial

85_85279 Xu Huizu said with some yin and yang weirdness, "The time for stammering can be saved." When Yueniang heard this, she was stunned. Before she could say more, the jailer was already clapping her hands outside, this was a code to call people out, Yueniang turned around and walked out with Xu Huizu step by step, "Caiwen, don't worry, mom won't leave you alone." ”

"Hehe, I didn't see it, the girl is a person with a lot of background, no wonder she is calm and relaxed every day, and she doesn't panic at all." The old man on the other side teased me enviously after they left, I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I pretended not to hear, but turned back to the pile of thatch and sat down, my palm slightly opened, and I stared carefully at the palm of my hand against the little light coming in from the high skylight--Yueniang held me as soon as she came in, and handed me a note when she held me. "Meng Ye'an." It's just these three words, and they are written crookedly, as if they were written by a child who has just learned to write. I am comforted in my heart, this is Yueniang's handiwork. She, like many women, was harmed by a sentence "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", she entered the Qinglou and did not say, except for the words on the silver ticket, she was used to seeing almost a word and did not know a word, when she was young, she was able to win the favor of benefactors with her soft waist and singing, and now she is getting older, and she is slowly in charge of things because she is illiterate, and she always feels that someone has lied to her when she looks at the bills. Two months after I arrived at Hua Manlou, she thought that I was an indifferent person, not greedy for money, and always liked to ask me to read her account books. Later, when I was idle, she also liked to chat with me, and when I saw that I sometimes held a book of words and words, it was very itchy, so she asked me to teach her to read. For a while, there were a number of prostitutes in the building to learn words from me, but most of them were interested in a while, and the only one who had been learning was actually only Yueniang, but she was too busy on weekdays, although she was diligent, but she neglected to practice, and she knew more words, but there were very few words that could be written, and writing it was like I said, "twisted like a snake dance".

She is a shrewd person, as soon as I was arrested, I must have inquired in many ways first, and I was connected with Xu Huizu, and learned that my arrest had nothing to do with harboring Dai Qin, so I immediately went to contact Dai Qin again - so I am also a big financier, I can win over or win over.

Knowing that Daiqin and they are fine, I also put down a big stone on my chest, even if I really capsized in the gutter this time and lost my life in this prison of the Criminal Department, it is my life that should be like this.

In the middle of the night, the jailer came again, I was a little surprised, there is nothing good about the jailer coming in the middle of the night in the prison, either to be arraigned, or to pull out and secretly solve your life, although I am quite calm, but I am still a little flustered at the thought that I really have to repay my life like this.

"I really didn't expect that a small hundred households would have so many relationships, no wonder everyone sharpened their heads and wanted to drill into the Jinyi Health Department." The jailer looked at me and looked me up and down, as if he was not convinced. But he quickly got out of the way, and behind him was a man in a black cloak, and the cloth hat was pressed low so that he couldn't see both eyes. The jailer went out, and he walked to the door and took his hat down, "Miss Caiwen." ”

I was anxious as soon as I saw it, "Dai Qin?!" How did you get here! ”

Dai Qin's face was calm, and he didn't pay attention to me, neither like Xu Huizu who talked about dredging up the relationship, nor like Yueniang, who burst into tears when she saw that there was only a bunch of thatch behind me. He lifted his eyes and looked around.

"What do you see, do you know what this place is? If someone finds out......" I whispered in his ear.

Dai Qin nodded, "Yes, the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

I couldn't help but laugh, "You go quickly, go quickly, and it's best to take Nuo Min and them out of Jingshi quickly." ”

Dai Qin nodded again, "There is a plan." ”

"Then why are you still coming to my troubled waters?!" I said angrily.

"I'll take you with me." Dai Qin's eyes were like torches, and he had already swept the prison, "You eat and sleep well, don't break your body, I will find a way to save you out." ”

I'm getting more and more anxious, Dai Qin can't protect himself, what can he do to take me out? Looking at his appearance, he actually wants to rob the prison! Before I could tell him not to do anything stupid, he had already gone out, afraid that he was not here to see me, but to step on something. I craned my neck through the railing and looked out, and saw that he was stuffing something for the jailer, who half-pushed and half-took it, and sure enough, the next day my meal was ready. I was a prisoner of the imperial court, and no one dared to transfer my cell, but the money could make the devil grind, but the jailer transferred the other prisoners, washed my cell, put me in a simple bed, and brought some water for me to scrub my body and wash my hair.

"Hehe, in the end, you used to be good, and I don't know which way the gods are whirling around to save you out, and you can make this prison like a show girl's boudoir, hehe!" The jailer spoke in pieces, and I hated it very much. Only frowned and did not answer. He took Yueniang and Dai Qin's two stubble money, and he didn't dare to offend me too much.

I counted the sunrise and sunset every day, and I saw that I had been locked up for fifteen days, and the criminal department was so strict that no one bothered to come in to see me. I also grew to despair, as if I was really waiting to die.

It wasn't until about twenty days that an official-like man finally came, and several jailers groveled to serve him in front of my cell, and actually opened the door, and the man looked at me, "Helian Yi? ”

I nodded.

"Kneel down and answer!"

I knelt down obediently, and the man took out a piece of paper-like things, and asked word by word, "Can the name be Helianyi?" ”

"Yes."

"From the twentieth year of Hongwu to the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, you are on duty in the Jinyi Health Department?"

I raised my eyelids, "My lord, this is an interrogation?" ”

The man crooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, "What's the matter, the guest and the host are out of place, and they are a little unaccustomed?" Answer honestly, so that you will not suffer from flesh and skin. Although the torture tools in our prison are not as many as those of your Jinyi Health Department, it is not fun to pick out one and use it on you, a little girl with fine skin and tender meat. ”

I smiled slightly, "I'm afraid my lord doesn't know, there is a rule in the training rules of the Jinyi Guard, so if you can't pass the test, you won't be able to be the Jinyi Guard." ”

The man looked sideways, "Which one?" ”

"Torture without revealing any information."

The man was stunned for a moment, and before the smile could fade on his face, he said with a fierce face, "You don't toast or eat and drink!" ”

"It's just that I told my lord about the code of our brocade guard, why are you so excited? You go ahead and ask. I said lightly.

The man no longer smiled at me, "From the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu to the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, you are on duty in the Jinyi Health Department?" ”

"Yes."

"In the twenty-third year of Hongwu, the Jinyi Health Department sued the Korean Duke Li Shanchang and the liehou Lu Zhongheng for having an affair with Hu Weiyong's party, and he was arrested and killed after betraying the country and colluding with the enemy, can you participate?"

"Well, I've heard about this, but I was on an errand in the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping at the time, so I didn't participate." I replied with a smile.

"What's the difference?" The man didn't expect me to admit it, and he was a little impatient.

"You have to ask the emperor about this, before giving the order, we all swore to the imperial city, and we can't reveal our identities and responsibilities no matter what. This is confidential. Although the emperor disbanded the Jinyi Health Department, we still have to remember the emperor's words, otherwise it will be a big crime of bullying the king. What's the matter, adults want to force me to bully the king? ”

"Sharp teeth, cunning! It seems that you won't say anything if you are not punished! As soon as he said that, several jailers had already stepped forward, and their eyes drifted not far away, where there were small blunt knives used by Ling Chi, heart-piercing arrows, bamboo sticks with fingers, tiger chairs, and so on. Everyone is guarding the side, and it seems that tonight is trying to solve the pleadings perfectly.

"I'm just answering truthfully." I looked at the man, shook my head and smiled.

"What are you laughing at?!" The man was a little angry.

"That's all there is to the torture tools of the Criminal Department? That's really not as good as the Jinyi Health Department, I have only been on an errand for four years, and I have seen no less than 100 kinds of torture instruments, all of which are more frightening than those few pieces, and no one who has been interrogated can stand three things in a row, no matter what kind of tough guy and virgin woman he is, in our hands, he can admit any crime. Of course...... "I looked at him again," including the sin that I wanted to add. ”

The corners of this person's mouth twitched, he was sitting on my wooden bed condescendingly interrogating me, at this time he was angry, and slapped the bed board, but the bed board was thin, he smashed it, and he fell to the ground with himself, I quickly leaned over and grabbed him and sat down again, and then returned to the same place and knelt, "Take care, my lord." ”

There was a frightened light in the man's eyes, "You...... You...... Enchantress! ”

"Don't you continue the trial?"

"Someone's coming! Hold this demon girl down and draw it directly! The man's face was like a pig's liver, and he said angrily.

I shook my head, "My lord, none of the people you brought with me are my opponents, if you want to bend into a move, I'm afraid you still need manpower." If the emperor directly orders me to take my life, I will be punished directly without blinking my eyes, and I will be asked to admit a bunch of things I have not done, and I will be forgiven. ”

"You...... Are you threatening me?! ”

"Nope." The man got up and walked outside the cell, waiting for the jailer to lock the door again, "This demon girl is very arrogant! How dare you threaten this official! Starve her for three days, and when she has no strength, the official will come to interrogate her again to see what tricks she has left! ”

The bed board was broken, and I had no place to sleep.

Standing by the railing and looking out, I knew in my heart that my days were numbered. Whoever sent me in, I would have signed the pleadings in the end