There is a place called "High Wall" in Fengyang, the central capital, which is the place where the Ming Dynasty imprisoned the convicted dragon sons and grandsons, and it is also the only prison of this kind in history.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty threw the criminal prince into the Zongren Mansion at every turn, and it was okay, at least he was rewarded with a courtyard house to raise, and the high wall of the Ming Dynasty was directly imprisoned.

The high wall is only less than a kilometer away from the imperial palace where Zhu Cihong lived, and on this day, Zhu Cihong led everyone here, accompanied by Li Tingbiao, Xu Sheng, Wu Zhong, Qiu Zhizhong, and others.

There is a deposed prince imprisoned in the current high wall, that is, when the Qing soldiers entered the customs in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Tang King Zhu Yujian who privately recruited soldiers and horses to lead the troops north, and was stopped back halfway.

The name of the high wall is not called in vain, Zhu Cihong saw the majestic building with several floors high from a distance, and after entering, he only felt that it was pitch black, but fortunately, the more candlelight he went, the more candlelight he went.

The eunuch who managed the high wall was very surprised by the arrival of the crown prince, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "The slave maid Shi should pay a visit to His Royal Highness the crown prince Chitose!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said lightly: "Take the palace to see King Tang." ”

Shi Yingzhao reminded: "Your Highness, this one in the high wall has been robbed of the title of vassal king by His Majesty, and he is just a commoner......

Zhu Cihong glanced at him and said, "Lead the way!" ”

Shi Yingzhao was secretly panicked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Yes!" ”

The prison where Zhu Yujian was held was opened, but there was no one in the cell, only a large square box.

"What about King Tang?" Zhu Cihong frowned.

"In that ......," Shi Yingzhao pointed to the big square box.

And when they looked, there were four holes in the top of the box, and they could see that the hands and feet of the people were locked in the four holes.

Zhu Cihong signaled, Xu Sheng opened the big box, and saw that Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, was tied up on all fours, hanging with his head down, his mouth was not sealed, but he held his face and didn't say a word.

Li Tingbiao smiled faintly and said: "There are really many talents in the high wall, I didn't expect that there would be people who torture people with this kind of torture of pier locks!" ”

Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "Release him!" ”

Xu Sheng put down Zhu Yujian and loosened the bindings, brought it to Zhu Cihong, and said, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"The grass people have seen His Highness!" Zhu Yujian bowed deeply.

Zhu Yujian is three or four generations higher than Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong is a little speechless: "Zeng ......."

Zhu Yujian hurriedly said: "Your Highness must not call the criminal minister like this, the criminal minister has now been abolished as a concubine, and he can't afford to be called such a person by His Royal Highness." ”

Zhu Cihong said helplessly: "Who tortured you?" ”

Zhu Yujian pointed at Shi Yingzhao and said: "This eunuch has good money, seeing that I am in trouble, he wants to blackmail me, but I don't obey, so I am tortured day and night." ”

Shi Yingzhao immediately knelt down and said: "The slave is guilty, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Cihong said angrily: "Even if King Tang is removed from the king now, it is also royal blood, what kind of thing are you?" How dare you torture him? ”

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Since you love money so much, this palace will reward you with some, come here, go to the inner treasury to transport 30,000 taels of silver!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Sheng took the order and left.

Not long after, Xu Sheng brought several large carts of silver with a few personal guards.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Shi Yingzhao, who was paralyzed on the ground, and said coldly to the little eunuch Qiu Zhizhong beside him: "Qiu Zhizhong, bury him with silver!" ”

"Yes......" The little eunuch Qiu Zhizhong was startled, and after receiving the order, he began to carry silver from the car one by one to pile it on the eunuch Shi Yingzhao.

Shi Yingzhao's face turned pale with fright, lying on the ground motionless and not daring to move, allowing Qiu Zhizhong to pile silver on his body.

When Qiu Zhizhong moved to more than eight thousand taels, he was already sweating profusely, and Xu Sheng wanted to ask a few guards to come forward to help.

Zhu Cihong stopped him and said coldly: "Let him move by himself!" ”

Qiu Zhizhong shuddered when he heard this, and a hundred and ten taels of silver fell to the ground with a snap, and he hurriedly picked it up again.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Qiu Zhizhong began to bury the silver of the car in Shi Yingzhao's body, listening to Shi Yingzhao's screams being pressed, the more he was buried, the more frightened he became, he occasionally looked at the crown prince, only to see his face gloomy looking at himself.

Qiu Zhizhong's forehead was covered with cold sweat like raindrops, and he finally fell to his knees all of a sudden, crying: "Your Highness, the slave is guilty, please forgive Your Highness!" ”

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "What are you guilty of? ”

Qiu Zhizhong said with a crying voice: "The slave and maid have received the ceremonial gold ...... sent by the state and county officials along the way."

Wu Zhong was shocked, but he didn't expect Qiu Zhizhong, who had taken care of the crown prince with him since he was a child, to actually accept bribes.......

I only heard Zhu Cihong continue: "How much did you collect in total?" ”

Qiu Zhizhong said in a trembling voice: "A total of 30,000 taels ......."

Zhu Cihong took off a short whip on the wall, and slammed it at Qiu Zhizhong, who was kneeling on the ground, and scolded angrily while smoking: "Let you be greedy!" Make your hands cheap! ”

Zhu Cihong pumped harder and harder, and Qiu Zhizhong, who was pumping straight, had open flesh on his body, but he didn't dare to cry out in pain.

Everyone was shocked, this Qiu Zhizhong was the crown prince's companion eunuch, but they didn't expect the crown prince to be so strict with his own people.

Wu Zhong, Xu Sheng, Li Tingbiao and others were all nervous, they were not stupid, the crown prince was beating Qiu Zhizhong, and he was also beating himself.

Zhu Cihong whipped more than thirty whips in a row, his hands were sore, and one of the whips directly hit Qiu Zhizhong's face, hitting him and staggering, leaving a long trail of blood on his face, which made people look frightened.

Zhu Cihong threw down the whip, took a breath and said: "In this high wall, not only the emperor's relatives have been imprisoned, but also the royal domestic slaves, such as Wei Zhongxian, who was condemned by his father to spend the rest of his life on this high wall, but unfortunately he didn't come and died in the middle of the road!" ”

Zhu Cihong pointed at Qiu Zhizhong and said: "This palace plans to let you spend the rest of your life in the high wall, fortunately, you are still honest, let you go today, if you are greedy in the future, no one can save you!" ”

Qiu Zhizhong didn't dare to wipe the blood on his face, but just fell to the ground and cried: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!" ”

Zhu Cihong turned around and was just about to leave, when he saw that the eunuch Shi Yingzhao buried under the silver was still humming and chirping, he said coldly: "Continue to bury!" ”

With that, he snorted coldly and left the high wall.

Wu Zhong stepped forward to help Qiu Zhizhong up and whispered a few words of comfort, while Li Tingbiao and Xu Sheng followed closely behind Zhu Cihong and left the high wall.

Zhu Yujian looked at the departing crown prince, a little depressed, didn't you come here to see me? Just to deal with your own family affairs?

At the same time, he was also full of emotion in his heart, this crown prince should not be underestimated at a young age, and he is very good at controlling the way.

Zhu Yujian glanced at Shi Yingzhao, who was overwhelmed by tens of thousands of taels of silver, sighed, and said to himself: "It's better to stay here honestly, no one can save me without the holy decree, but fortunately, the crown prince will take care of it.......