Chapter 26: Imprisonment

Qingqing ran in": Seventh sister, you really guessed it, guess where Sister Zhu is hiding? ”

Ying Ning was so excited to see that she was so excited, and she guessed a little: "But in the cool pavilion? ”

"The girl only guessed half right, Jingzhu was indeed found in Qingliang Xiaoge, but she just drilled a hole and escaped, but you can't guess what hole she drilled."

"What hole?"

"Where's the dog hole!"

Ying Ning was dumbfounded when she heard it, a girl's house, actually climbed the dog cave? If the second sister hears it now, won't she laugh at her?

Zitang couldn't believe it when she heard it, what a good girl's family, what kind of system is this? It is estimated that this kind of thing is only done by Jingzhu.

Jingzhu is greedy for wealth and wealth, and she can see it as early as when she enters the house, but Yingning didn't expect her to be such a person, her mother also treats her well, and several sisters don't treat her coldly, but she fled when she got a bad momentum, and she escaped so badly, she really has no conscience, and I don't know how she can survive when she goes out alone as an orphan girl.

Ying Ning sighed, now that her father's affairs are overwhelming, why bother thinking about Jingzhu again. This is her own choice, whether it is good or bad to go out, whether she is hungry and cold, rich and free, is none of her business.

Zitang said: "Even Jingzhu knows that the Ji family is not good, and the girl still doesn't tell us?" ”

The blue smile also ended, and Baba looked at Yingning, no matter what happened to the Ji family, she would not escape.

At this juncture, Jingzhu's drill dog hole made everyone laugh, I am afraid that it is a joy in the bitterness, but after the incident, I only feel very sad.

Yingning became more and more serious, and what should be faced still has to be faced": I told you, you must not go out and talk nonsense, this is ......"

"Girl, something is wrong! The official from outside has come in! ……”

Ying Ning was a spirit, and sat down on the ground.

"Miss!" "Miss!"

Before she could take two steps, she tripped over the stone steps and fell to the ground. Yuebai didn't have the heart to help, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" ”

"The officers and soldiers have already entered the Ji Mansion, holding the token, saying that they want to copy the Ji family!"

The first few people in the room heard it clearly, and they still came.

The two girls were so anxious that they turned around, and the blue pulled Yingning, "The maid will pack up her things, let's escape"

"Let's go find the lady and the old lady, they won't watch the officers and soldiers copy the Ji Mansion." Zitang said in a panic.

If you could have escaped, you would have escaped a long time ago, but you still have to wait?

"It's always coming, I didn't expect it to come so soon......" Ying Ning touched her face, it was full of tears, Xu was afraid, Xu was desperate, and the tears welling up in her eyes were endless. The old lady can't have a child, the father can't have a child, and even the queen can't have a child, what else can they do for the women in the back house?

The two girls didn't expect that the seventh sister would hide such a big thing in their hearts, but now that they know, it's too late.

The whole house exploded.

The official has the holy order in his hand, and when he comes in, he controls everyone, leaving no chance at all.

The leader of the officers and soldiers held the token in his hand and shouted to the crowd: "There is an order from the Holy Authority, Ji Yushi is implicated in the corruption case, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and he is now dismissed from his post and detained, and he will be sentenced after the third division is interrogated and interrogated." His wife, mother, children, and related persons were imprisoned pending trial, the domestic slaves were dismissed, and the family property ......was confiscated."

The official behind said something, but Mrs. Ji couldn't hear anything, her head was buzzing, and she almost fell over.

And Mrs. Ji had black eyes and passed out. "Old lady!" Xingzhi and Crimson cried so much that tears and snot flowed all over the place, and among the people who pinched the old lady, after half an hour, the old lady Ji slowly opened her eyes, and there was still a group of officers and soldiers and the panicked Ji family in front of her.

Seeing this scene, Yingxue, Yingyao, Aunt Qian and Aunt An were completely blinded, and they refused to believe that the saint was going to copy their Ji family, and thought that the officers and soldiers had entered the wrong place, and only when the officers and soldiers arrested people one by one and saw the despair on the faces of the old lady and Mrs. Ji, they cried in fear.

The minions below were all trembling, and they lined up according to the order, and some of the timid ones were so frightened that they wet their pants, and they were afraid that the long knife of the official would go down and die with a whimper.

Zitang grabbed Yingning and refused to leave: "I have to be with the girl in life and death." “

Qingqing was crying and out of breath, and refused to leave.

The house slaves are all to be dismissed, and if they don't leave, they will be imprisoned, whether they live or die is unpredictable, how Yingning is willing to follow them. "I'm going to follow the girl! If I am left alone, then I will go before the girl! When she heard Zitang say this, she also nodded, looking like she was at home.

Yingning couldn't, taking advantage of the fact that the officials around her didn't pay attention, she drew the knife on her body and wiped it on her neck, so frightened that Zitang and Qingshang quickly knelt on the ground and begged: "Girl, don't do stupid things!" “

"If you follow me, you will die, if you don't go, then I will have to harm myself and not you!"

Seeing this, how could the officers and soldiers wipe the neck of the Ji family girl, how could they go back to deal with each other, and quickly came up and took the long knife in her hand. Zitang and Qingqing didn't dare to provoke the seventh girl anymore, at this moment, one could do something stupid without thinking about it.

In the end, they were taken away by the officers and soldiers, and Yingning will always remember Zitang's resentful eyes and blue and pitiful tearful eyes before she was taken away. "You take two teams inside; You, take someone to search outside. After speaking, all the family properties found by the Ji family must be registered, and not a bowl or chopsticks can be left behind. “

Watching the officers and soldiers enter the house unscrupulously, there was a burst of smashing, and the Huazun bottles and cups were moved out one by one. Mrs. Ji stared at the dead branches on the plane tree in front of the house, her face was like ashes, the corners of her eyes were dry, and she couldn't get half a tear out.

Ying Xuan and Ying Hong live in the outer courtyard, they have long been caught by officers and soldiers in the prison car, the so-called men have tears and do not flick, at this moment Ying Xuan has tears in his eyes, his grandmother is so old, his sister is so young, he will have the imperial examination next year...... Is the Ji family really going to die?

Several girls hid behind Mrs. Ji and her aunt and were taken into a prison car.

Ying Ning remembered that the last time she looked back at the Ji family was that the gate of the Ji family was sealed with a white seal by the government, and two big characters were written on it. "It's really unthinkable, a prosperous home, it's gone in an instant, no matter how beautiful it was in the past, it's not a holy word."

When the neighbors heard the news that the official sent into the house to seal the Ji family, they all gathered at the gate of the Ji family to watch the excitement. "Greed hurts people. Today, the Holy One is wise to punish these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and to restore us to the way of the clean world. The boxes and boxes that were brought out of the Ji Mansion just now were all people's fat and people's ointment. "Poor Miss Ji family, raised in the boudoir, is now going to be sent to prison." "You don't think about it, they have their own place to go, you don't have to worry about it."

When they heard this, they burst out laughing.

Yingxiu was still looking at the embroidery in her room, and the girl Qingbi ran in: "Grandma, it's not good, something happened to the Ji family!" “

Yingxiu threw down the embroidery and stood up": What happened? "I heard from outsiders that Master Ji was arrested for embezzlement, and the official is raiding his house!"

Yingxiu stumbled, and Qingbi was worried about "Grandma'......"

Yingxiu held on to the edge of the table: "Go and prepare the carriage!" Just go! "Hey!" Qingbi hurriedly turned around and ran out.

Ying Ning was locked in a prison car, how could she have such an encounter, even in her dreams. She, Yingxue, and Yingyao were tightly protected by their mother and aunt in the middle, but the fingers and gossip of the people outside still passed into her ears word for word, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get in, she only felt that this was a dream, it must be a dream! With her eyes closed, there was still a noise in her ears, she didn't want to sleep, she wanted to wake up quickly......

When Yingxiu arrived at the Ji Mansion, there was a sealed gate in front of him, and most of the lively crowd had dispersed, leaving only an empty courtyard. She couldn't imagine how her sister would be uncomfortable, and how her grandmother and mother would deal with it.

Yingxiu got into the carriage and shouted to the coachman, "Hurry up and drive to the prison of the Criminal Department!" “

The prisoner car passed all the way through the West Market, and people came out to see the excitement along the way. Locked in the car is like being pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows, being stripped of her skin by everyone's eyes, and the young lady who does not step out of the door, how can she bear it, Yingxue and Yingyao's tears fell down. "Sister, don't cry, you just treat them as transparent, cover your ears and don't listen ......to what you say," Yinghong shouted to the back in the prisoner car in front of him, and was stopped by the officers and soldiers escorting him before he finished speaking.

The girl in the back cried even harder. "Good sister, I'll be at the Criminal Department soon, I can't be instructed to gossip anymore, don't cry." Ying Ning wiped the tears on Ying Yao's face, she was not uncomfortable, but no matter how uncomfortable she was, she could endure it, and she must not be laughed at. She crouched down, covered her ears with her hands, and just ignored them.

The prisoner car arrived outside the prison of the Criminal Department, and Yingning and several people were sent to the dim and damp prison. As soon as she entered the prison gate, a sour smell of corruption hit her face, and she couldn't help but cover her nose.

Xu is the two jailers who are in the prison are used to staying inside, and they look relaxed. Seeing that someone was coming outside, the two of them hurriedly put down the wine cup and ran over, nodding to the leading official, "The official is here, what do you order?" “

"They were separated from men and women, and they were kept in solitary confinement."

"What's the point?"

"Ji Yushi's family, the superiors have not yet been convicted, and they are only waiting for the will of the saints, and no one is allowed to visit. Also, the deputy secretary specially explained that they should not be tortured. “

The jailer with a scar on his face glanced at the girls of the Ji family, and several girls were really smart.

Frightened, Ying Ning hid behind her mother, and Mrs. Ji put her in the first place, and turned around and glared at the jailer.

The jailer sneered in his heart, but said with affection: "Don't worry, sir, the little ones will be optimistic about them." ”

"Why are you still stunned, let me in!" The jailers were fierce and terrible, and they shouted at them.

Ying Ning followed her mother inside, the whole space was filled with the smell of erosion, the rotten wood of the cell door had been blackened in the damp environment for a long time, the walls were pestled with torches, the firelight jumped, and occasionally there was the sound of chains clattering and the roar of prisoners, which was a hundred times more terrifying than the rumored Hades Palace.

Entering the cage, a zhang wide place, there was a bamboo board in the corner, only to accommodate one person, the ground was piled with pan-mold straw, and I don't know how many ants, insects and rats were hidden in it. Several people had nowhere to go in prison. Ying Ning remembers coming all the way in and seeing that most of the women in the prison were sitting on the ground, and no one was lying on the bamboo board. The cage was covered with thick gray walls on three sides, and only one wall had a small hole in the sky, and there was very little light that could come in from outside. When you raise your head and stand on tiptoe, you can only see the palm-sized sky outside.

How long are you going to be here? Can you still get out?

Yingyao's crying also stopped, and it is estimated that the tears have dried up, and her little face is drooping, and her face is full of tears. Several people did not speak.

The jailer circled twice with a thick chain and locked the door, and several old and young women and children were powerless, and they were afraid that they would not be able to escape from prison.

"This prison is also in, so don't be hypocritical. You are no longer a daughter, I advise you all to stay obediently, you should eat, drink, sleep, if anyone has a different heart, play with me carefully, don't blame me for the whip in my hand does not have eyes! The jailer said to the new prisoners, as is customary, that since they were in the dungeon, there was no possibility of being let out, and they were mocking and threatening, and at last when he had finished speaking, he took a large set of keys and left, but did not go far, but sat down outside, and presumably they must have started drinking again.

After a long time, Ying Ning said: "Let's find a place to sit down, my grandmother's body is afraid that she can't bear it." ”

Mrs. Ji nodded, but looked around, where was there a place for someone to sit, "It's almost late autumn, the weather is getting cold, there is no slight, there is not even a bed to sleep on, how can I get through it." ”

At this moment, a woman's voice came from across a wall: "The straw is the warmest, and you can sit on it with confidence." Don't sleep on that bamboo bed, I don't know how many people have died on it, there are few dead people in the prison cell, and it can't be cleaned up immediately, and it is impossible to say if there are many pickled things left on it. ”

Everyone was startled when they heard it, and they were far away from the bamboo board.

Mrs. Ji asked, "How did you get into prison?" ”

The woman said, "I am a concubine of an official's family, and I was killed by my mother, accusing me of murdering my heirs, and I was arrested by the government, and I have been imprisoned for 12 years......

After being locked up in a dark dungeon for more than ten years, Xu resigned himself to his fate, and those words came out of the woman's mouth without the slightest wave.

Several people looked at each other. When Yingyao heard that she might also be locked up in this ghost place for so long, she couldn't help but cry.

Mrs. Ji sighed: "If you come, you will be safe, I don't believe that the Holy Lord can drive out our Ji family." ”

Ying Ning took out a handkerchief and spread it on the straw mat, "After standing for a long time, let's sit down first, although this straw is damp, it is still clean." ”

Of course, this "clean" is only comforting, and when Yingxue jumps up in fright by the rats that come out of the grass, she knows that nothing in this dungeon is clean.

Yingxiu rushed to the prison of the Criminal Department in a carriage, but was blocked by the official at the door.

"The official is good, my mother and sister are locked inside, let me go in and have a look." As she spoke, Yingxiu handed over the silver.

The official saw that he must have come to find the daughter of the Ji family, and without hesitation on his face, he pushed away Yingxiu's hand holding the silver and said, "Idle people can't wait, Madame, please go back." ”

Yingxiu thought that the silver given was less than the official and could not look down on it, so she took off the pure gold bracelet on her hand again: "I'll just take a look, I won't trouble you." ”

The official looked at the pure gold bracelet and swallowed his tears and saliva, but it was a pity.

"It's not that I'm not emotional, there is something to say from above, the Ji family's Yang family and others are repeat offenders in the imperial court, unless there is a token and a holy edict, no one can enter. Madame, don't embarrass me for being an errand. ”

Yingxiu cried urgently, what should I do?