Chapter 440: A lifesaver

Among the several prisons inside and outside Anling, the prison of the Criminal Department, which examines crimes, has the largest number of prisoners, but when it comes to torture, the Dali Temple Prison, which is in charge of the prison, is the heaviest.

It is said that once you go to the prison of the Criminal Department, you will inevitably have bitter skin and flesh, and when you enter Dali Temple, you will have to shed your skin if you don't die.

As a felon, Ji Xingxuan has been imprisoned in the dungeon of Dali Temple for seven or eight days.

Yu Shu followed behind Xue Rui, and as soon as he entered the dim and damp dungeon, he quietly held his hand, although she was not afraid of the dark, she did not refuse, and he took her small hand with his big hand. The jailer led the way, a flickering lantern floated in front of him, the sound of water ticking overhead, and the occasional groan or two of painful gasps, as if the ghost was on the side, making people's hearts hairy.

Yu Shu secretly ridiculed herself, after entering Beijing, she went to the prison twice, both to "visit" Ji Xingxuan, what kind of fate is this.

The structure of the dungeon is not tortuous, after passing through the two layers of prison doors, you will arrive at the place where Ji Xingxuan is held, the brazier on the wall is burning, illuminating the surroundings, Xue Rui only then let go of Yu Shu's hand, and a man who looks like a cell head comes up and talks to him in a low voice.

Yu Shu looked around, and soon found a gray figure lying against the wall in the cage on the left-hand side, with her back to the cell door, lying motionless on a simple wooden bed, her vision was dark, and she intuitively felt that this was Ji Xingxuan.

Sure enough, Xue Rui said a few words to the cell leader, then shifted his gaze to this cage and asked:

"Why hasn't Lang Zhong arrived yet?"

As he was talking, a series of footsteps approached behind him, Yu Shu turned his head to look, and saw that the official who had found the Wangji Building at that time in the evening, led a person with a medicine box over, and when he saw Xue Rui, he hurriedly stepped up a few steps forward.

"My lord, this is Zhao Langzhong from Jin Guitang."

As a medical hall, Jinguitang has a special situation, it is attached to the name of Dali Temple, and the patients targeted are a group of prisoners who cannot see the light, not to save the life and help the wounded, but to deal with the aftermath of the heavy punishment.

"I've seen Lord Xue." That Zhao Langzhong and Xue Rui saluted.

Xue Rui waved his hand to the side, asked the jailer to open the cell, and led Zhao Langzhong in to check on Ji Xingxuan's situation.

After a while, Lang Zhong walked out, and Xue Rui asked a little impatiently: "How is the prisoner, why is he unconscious?" ”

Yu Shu saw that the Lang Zhong invited by Jin Guitang had a different color on his face, and he wanted to speak again and again: "My lord, can I take a step to speak?" ”

Xue Rui nodded and walked a few steps away to communicate.

Yu Shu felt strange and didn't follow him, and after a while, when he saw Xue Rui walking back, he saw his uncertain face, and couldn't help asking:

"What the hell is going on?"

Xue Rui glanced at the person in the cage with a complicated look, and was hesitating how to tell Yu Shu when he heard a sharp wheezing, as if a person in water had climbed ashore, followed by a series of coughs.

Yu Shu immediately turned his head, only to see the figure on the wooden bed moving, and slowly got up—Ji Xingxuan actually woke up at this time.

"Ahem, cough, cough," the gray and black figure turned around and looked at the light, the unkempt and embarrassed appearance made Yu Shu unrecognizable for a while.

Ji Xingxuan quickly recognized her current situation, she leaned against the wall, with the light of the brazier, her blurred vision swept over the people outside the cage, raised her numb left hand without saying a word, and pressed it on her abdomen with a tremble, and after a few moments, a dumb laugh popped out of her throat.

Yu Shu heard her hoarse voice, but it was conveyed to their ears word by word:

"I want to see King Ning."

This request made Yu Shu feel inexplicable, thinking that she was on this job, and she wanted to fight with Liu Hao, she didn't know what to do.

So Yu Shu turned his head and looked at Xue Rui, the only one who could call the shots here, but saw that he was silent for a moment, and then said to the man in the cage with an expressionless face:

"The child in your belly, but King Ning's blood and bones?"

Yu Shu was stunned for a while, staring at Ji Xingxuan in disbelief - she was pregnant!

"The ninth day of February this year." Ji Xingxuan answered the question, and said a sentence without beginning or end.

But Xue Rui couldn't hear her voice, so he asked Zhao Langzhong, who was waiting on the side: "How long has she been pregnant?" ”

Zhao Langzhong replied thoughtfully: "I am less than three months pregnant. ”

Yu Shu also heard it now, what Ji Xingxuan said about the ninth day of the second lunar month, should be the day when she had an affair with Liu Hao, and when she knew that she was pregnant, if she didn't lie, then this child must be Liu Hao's species.

Yu Shu was in a complicated mood, and she didn't know whether to applaud Ji Xingxuan's fall, or whether she should have a headache because she was pregnant with royal flesh and blood at this juncture.

In Da'an, unmarried pregnancy is undoubtedly an ugly thing, and the woman's innocence is ruined, even if she doesn't have to soak the pig cage, she will be spurned by the world. But for Ji Xingxuan, this ugly incident just became a life-saving straw.

In this case, it is no longer possible to use torture and interrogation of Ji Xingxuan, Xue Rui doesn't know what to do, since he knows it, and then conceals it, he is suspected of persecuting the royal blood relatives.

So even if Ji Xingxuan didn't propose to see King Ning, Xue Rui would inform Liu Hao of this matter and let him make the decision.

Yu Shu thought about this, and Xue Rui would not be unclear, so he immediately made a decision and asked Lang Zhong to prescribe medicine to Ji Xingxuan to protect the fetus, and on the other hand, he sent his subordinates to Ning Wangfu to inform.

When Ji Xingxuan heard Xue Rui's arrangement, she lay back in the corner quietly, covered with a thin quilt, and no longer cared about what was happening outside, together with her bitter and hateful Yu Shu, she didn't take a second look, she looked completely lifeless, where was the slightest joy of being a mother.

Yu Shu was not in the mood to fall into the ground, and looked at her coldly, and after a while, he and Xue Rui left this cold cell.

Xue Rui and Yu Shu did not forget the machine building, but went to the yamen of Dali Temple to wait for the news from the Ning Wangfu.

In the dead of night, there were only patrolmen on duty in the huge yamen, and officials who traveled to and from the day went to the house before dark.

Xue Rui took Yu Shu into the back hall, where he usually rested, he could talk with confidence, and he was not afraid of having ears on the wall.

"Big brother, according to your understanding of King Ning, will he come forward to vouch for Ji Xingxuan for this child?"

"He has a very good face, and I am afraid that I will not be happy to know that a prisoner is pregnant with his blood."

"Then according to that, he will kill his relatives in righteousness?"

Yu Shu has a grudge against Ji Xingxuan, and she also has a holiday with Liu Hao, not to mention that during the Shuangyang Meeting, she was calculated by Shui Yun and let Liu Hao arrest her together. Later, Xue Rui and Jingchen quarreled with the early dynasty, which made Long Yan angry, Liu Hao saw the opportunity to blame the fourth prince Liu Si, so that the other party was expelled from Beijing, and the soldiers got rid of a competitor without blood, and its city government methods were feared.

"No, he'll keep the kid."

Xue Rui saw Yu Shu's puzzled eyes, and calmly explained to her:

"King Ning opened the mansion three years ago, and there is only one daughter from the concubine under his knees, Princess Ning has not been in the mansion for a long time, and there has been no good news, if the child in Ji Xingxuan's belly is a boy, it is his eldest son, and he will not abandon it no matter what."

Yu Shu frowned secretly, convinced of Xue Rui's analysis, indeed, with the atmosphere of the Anchao, respecting the Tao and respecting the easy, the eldest son means the inheritance of the bloodline, if it is discarded, it is contrary to the easy way, it is not advisable.

It seems that Ji Xingxuan also understands this, so he is determined to see Liu Hao.

"This Ji Xingxuan is really hard." Xue Rui said with emotion, "Listening to Langzhong's diagnosis, it is true that she is weak, but the fetus in her womb is safe and sound, and she did not die because of the criminal law, which is really lucky." ”

Yu Shu nodded secretly, isn't it fate, every time a catastrophe comes, Ji Xingxuan can withdraw in time, this time it was really when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, but she grabbed a life-saving straw.

In desperation, she also saw the favorable side in it, so her eyes flashed, and she said to Xue Rui:

"The emperor wants you to close the case in a month, and if there is such an accident, you can take the opportunity to delay it, it is not your fault that you are left and right, and it is not up to you."

Xue Rui saw that she could still think about him at this time, she was both happy and worried, and sighed lightly:

"I'd rather close this case as soon as possible, lest you be worried about such femme fatales and have long nights and dreams."

He is clear about the grudge between Yu Shu and Ji Xingxuan, so he is more concerned about not being able to help his sweetheart solve the trouble than not being able to make a difference.

When Yu Shu heard him say this, he felt useful, but his face turned pale, and he said disdainfully: "I'm afraid of her." ”

To be honest, when it comes to this level, Yu Shu is no longer as worried about Ji Xingxuan as before, the two have fought more than once or twice, Ji Xingxuan is always her defeat, so there is nothing to fear.

"Huh." Xue Rui chuckled, looking at her sharp eyebrows, he felt a lot more relaxed.

The two turned to discuss countermeasures, and waited for an hour before someone from Ning Wangfu replied-

"I've seen Lord Xue, the prince of our family is invited, I hope your lord will come over to talk about it."

Xue Rui and Yu Shu glanced at each other, and they were sure that Liu Hao was going to keep this child.

Otherwise, Liu Hao could ignore it and pretend that the child in Ji Xingxuan's belly was not his species, this was originally a dead matter, whether he admitted it or not, it was all in Liu Hao's thoughts.

"Wait for the official to tidy up a little, and go to see the prince."

Xue Rui sent the people from King Ning's Mansion away, turned his head and said to Yu Shu: "You go back to the Forgotten Machine Tower first, and I will go to see King Ning and see what he has to say." ”

Although Yu Shu wanted to follow and watch the excitement, he understood that he should not cause trouble for Xue Rui at this time, so he nodded and said:

"Then pay attention to yourself, I'll wait for you back."

King Ning is not a good person, Xue Rui has been against him for a long time, when he encounters this kind of thing, he can't say that he wants to be angry, Yu Shu is a little worried that Xue Rui will be angry with him.

Xue Rui saw that she was sensible and well-behaved, and couldn't help but be moved, and there was no one around, so he took her hand, shook it gently, and said warmly:

"Don't wait for me, go back and go to bed early, I have to go to the library to go to class tomorrow, don't stay up late." Don't worry, King Ning, I'll deal with it. (To be continued.)