It was a cell about five or six feet square, and it was very dim and damp, and there seemed to be rats and insects scurrying on the weed-covered floor, and there was a faint sound of rustling. The only light came from a small skylight above, but as it was nearly dusk, only a faint orange glow shone directly on a man in white sitting in a corner.

The man's hands were heavily handcuffed, his messy hair covered half of his face, and his prison uniform was already stained with blood and filth, and he could see that he was very old, so he looked very vicissitudes, but his posture of standing firm did not give people a feeling of pity for wolves, but exuded a kind of awe-inspiring majesty.

"The ancestors of our Yang family are the ministers of the pillars, who fought with Emperor Taizu in all directions and pacified the world, and the descendants of the Yang family also shed unyielding and arrogant blood, and dying on horseback is the right death, no matter what situation you are in, you must hold your head high, don't be the traitor who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

Yang looked at her skinny father in this cell, obviously tired, but still resolutely erected, her eyes couldn't help but sour, and she remembered what her father had taught her brothers, when she stood not far away and listened, her heart was also quite infected, and she was very excited, and she felt that she was very proud of being the daughter of the Yang family, so she also asked her father to allow her to participate in the morning exercises of her brothers, but her father was strict with several brothers but only loving, arrogant and spoiled.

"Xuan'er, although it is not a peaceful and prosperous era now, but the military attachés of the DPRK and China are no longer as good as civil officials, although the men of the Yang family do not forget the training of their ancestors, they also have to take the road of scholars, especially if you are a girl, if you don't read more books, won't you make those literati laugh at our Yang family is a vulgar person?"

When her father said this, she already felt the helplessness and melancholy in her father's tone, and she didn't expect that one day, her father would be framed and imprisoned by the so-called scholars and end up in such a situation.

Yang was about to open her mouth to call her father, but Han Ling grabbed her suddenly, and she remembered that she was from overseas Chinese clothes, so she had to put the words in her mouth, and then asked the jailer: "Help open the door!" ”

"General Yang, someone has come to see you."

The jailer called out to the people in the prison, and then opened the door impatiently, and muttered, "I don't know how many times this day has been opened?" ”

Hearing the sound of metal colliding, the people in the prison suddenly woke up, and a pair of eyes opened sharply to look at the comer.

Every time the jailer saw such a gaze, he would involuntarily shudder, and then quickly dodge away.

"You don't have much time, so come out as soon as you're done! General Yang is a repeat offender now, if something goes wrong, none of us will end well! With that, the jailer went out of the cell.

Han Ling noticed that after the jailer walked a few steps up the stone steps, he suddenly turned his head to look at them, and there seemed to be a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Yang's voice had begun to whimper, and it was very clear in this gloomy and dark prison.

"Father, father, I'm Xuan'er......"

"Xuan'er?" Because the Yang family was changing her appearance at the moment, Yang Shizhong didn't recognize her for a while, muttered a low question, and then approached the Yang family and Han Ling, carefully identified it, and soon flashed with excitement and ecstasy in his eyes: Yes, this is indeed Xuan'er, only Xuan'er has such bright, clear and intelligent eyes.

But after a moment of ecstasy, Yang Shizhong's face sank again, his gaze rippled on Han Ling's body, and he said sharply: "What are you doing here?" And brought Ah Jiu with you? Are you going to kill your own daughter? ”

"Father......" Yang burst into tears for a while, she knew that her father was afraid of affecting them and said such things.

"Don't take Ah Jiu out quickly, I don't want you to care!" Yang Shizhong shouted again, but he didn't turn his head away, and returned to sit in the cramped corner.

Han Ling immediately ran over, knelt in front of Yang Shizhong, and said crisply: "Grandfather, Ah Jiu misses you, so I begged my mother to bring me here, grandfather don't worry, Ah Jiu and my mother will find a way to help you present your grievances." ”

"Wronged?" Yang Shizhong muttered in a low voice, smiling bitterly, then stroked a rough hand to Han Ling's cheek, and said with a desolate smile: "Ah Jiu is really smart, do you remember the book "Historical Records" that your grandfather once taught you to read? ”

Han Ling nodded again and again: "I remember, my grandfather told Ah Jiu a lot of stories about that book, and Ah Jiu liked to listen to them very much." ”

"My grandfather spent a few days in this prison, and I also thought of many stories in the annals of history, and there was one person whose story was particularly profound for my grandfather." Yang Shizhong smiled, touched the back of Han Ling's head again, and asked, "Does Ah Jiu know about the person Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Jiang?" ”

"I know, Marquis Zhou Bo is the minister of the Han Dynasty Emperor Gaozu relied on, and he is also the general who commanded a million heroes, and he has fought the world with Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.

Seeing Han Ling's bright eyes smiling, and his rhinestone-like eyes were very crystal clear, Yang Shizhong couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, and said: "Then do you remember that this hero who commanded a million-strong division was once falsely accused of rebellion and was arrested and examined by the court captain, and he once said a word in prison, do you know what he said?" ”

Han Ling's heart suddenly felt sour, but he pretended to think for a while, and asked rhetorically: "Is that the sentence: I have a million troops, and I know the nobility of the prison guards?" ”

"Yes, yes, our Ah Jiu has been very smart since he was a child, and the books that his grandfather taught you to read have not forgotten it!" Yang Shizhong smiled and smiled, and then sighed to the Yang family, "Xuan'er, Ah Jiu, this child is very talented, and when she grows up, she will be different from others, my father may not see what she will look like when she grows up, you must protect her as her mother, you know?" ”

"Father, what the hell is going on?" After hearing what Han Ling said, Yang was already in tears, how much suffering did his father suffer in this prison to have such feelings?

"Marquis Zhou Bo is the founder of the Han Dynasty, but in the end he was framed and imprisoned by the villain, Meng Tianji III in Qin, and it is inevitable that such an end, how can our Yang family also enjoy the glory of a hundred years of honor, and now I am a person who is about to half of his body into the loess, even if he dies, there is nothing to regret, the only thing that my father can't let go of is you and your brothers. Xuan'er, you tell your father honestly, is Han Mo's kid okay with you now? ”

Facing Yang Shizhong's inquiry, Yang lowered his head, and only after half a sound did he raise his head and smile: "Fortunately, my father doesn't have to worry about me." ”

"You just have to tell me, what the hell is going on? What can I do to save you? The Yang family has long been banished to Fengyang Mansion, stripped of their titles, and several elder brothers have also abandoned martial arts and practice, why does the emperor still refuse to let go of the Yang family? ”

"It's not that the emperor refuses to let go of the Yang family, but Yan Xiang refuses to let go of the Yang family." Yang Shizhong let out a low wry smile, "If anyone knows that there is an emperor today, especially after the palace maid murder case, the emperor has moved to Xiyuan, ignoring state affairs all day long, Yan Xiang controls the government, and starts all the liquidations, and our Yang family is just one of them." ”

"But how did my father ever offend him?" Yang asked hatefully.

"Father is just a trick he uses to make an example of chickens and monkeys, the person he really wants to deal with is actually your uncle, Xuan'er, do you remember your uncle?"

Uncle Yang Yiqing!

Of course, she remembered, even though she was very young at the time, but her uncle's warm breeze smile remained fresh in her mind. Uncle is different from her father, not at all like a man from Jiangmen, but he is as elegant and handsome as a literati, and his memory is also surprisingly good, all the books he has read can be memorized, so since she can remember, she has often heard people praise her uncle for "few talents, rich and rich", that is, those children of scholars who were born in famous scholarly families were convinced and sighed after talking with him.

Of course, my uncle later embarked on the road of the imperial examination, although it was not a smooth journey, but he also entered the Hanlin Academy in the eighth year of Jingxi as a second-class jinshi, and Jingxi was transferred to Nanjing in the eleventh year to serve as the left deputy capital of the Taichang Temple Qing Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and then served three terms as the general system of the three sides, and many times the performance was evaluated, and finally entered the cabinet in the fifteenth year.

Today, Yang Yiqing and Yan Xiang are both the first assistants of the cabinet, and they are also close ministers of the emperor who are favored by the emperor.

It's just that since his uncle became an official, he has become more and more estranged from the Yang family, and now he has branched out from the Yang family.

In fact, few people know that Yang Yiqing is the sibling of his father Yang Shizhong, and when the Yang family was cut, he was not recorded in the genealogy of the Yang family.

But why did her father say that Yan Siong had falsely imprisoned him because of her uncle?

"Xuan'er, your uncle is an upright person, he is not afraid of even the emperor when he dares to admonish, and he offended him because of a piece of music that shocked Yan Xiang, so Yan Xiang tried every means to catch him with the intention of framing him, father's matter, you must not pull your uncle in, you know?"