A voice said: "Chief, it's not that the court wants to interrogate the prisoner, but that someone from the palace wants to ask the prisoner Deng Enguang." ”

"Someone from the palace?" Guan Shuo squinted and looked forward, the unicorn on the red robe of the coming man shone in the dim candlelight in the prison, "Yes, it's the palace guard," he nodded, looking at the face of the visitor, he couldn't help but shudder, and his squinted eyes instantly opened to the boss, "You, aren't you Lord Yang of the military department?" ”

"Exactly," Yang Muyun saw that it was his old acquaintance, and a smile appeared on his face, "Master Guan, we meet again." ”

......

"Lord Yang, please go this way," Guan Shuo smiled all over his face and led the way in front, "Isn't Lord Yang on an errand in the military department?" Why did you get to the palace again? ”

"If it's an errand, where is the difference?" Yang Muyun smiled, "They are all working for the imperial court, and with a word from the emperor, we will be transferred to the palace." ”

"So, my lord has received the emperor's favor?" Guan Shuo looked envious, "Being able to serve by the emperor's side, the future of the adult is immeasurable!" ”

"Where, where, it's just running errands for the emperor."

......

The corridor of the prison of the Criminal Department was still so dark and deep, and there was a bad smell in the air, Yang Muyun was walking, and suddenly his body shook slightly, and he paused.

"Lord Yang, ...... are you" Guan Shuo saw his face change slightly, and his eyes looked directly at a prison cell on the left. And it was empty, and there was not a single figure.

"There used to be a person locked up here, right?" Yang Muyun said thoughtfully. When he came out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, he accidentally saw a person who was very familiar to him sitting inside, his clothes were very clean, without a trace of wrinkles, because he was sitting facing the wall, and he couldn't see his face, but he could never forget that figure for the rest of his life.

"Probably right?" Guan Shuo knocked on his head, "There are many people in and out of this prison every day, and I can't remember so much, I seem to have a little impression when I hear the adults say this, I seem to have a little impression, and the above let a person be locked up here alone, that person is very strange, just sitting facing the wall every day, and he doesn't even move......

"What about that person? Where is it now? Yang Muyun hurriedly asked.

Guan Shuo shook his head, "I don't know, it seems that someone from other yamen brought him out two days ago......" He glanced at him strangely, "It seems that the adults paid attention to this person when they went out last time, I don't know ......"

"I'm just asking casually, you're thinking too much," Yang Muyun interrupted him, "Take me to see that prisoner!" ”

......

In an unusually dark cell at the end of the corridor, there was a man in his early forties, with a dirty face and a sluggish expression, wearing a moon-white prison robe, with a disheveled mantle and bearded man, squatting on the ground, holding a small stick in his hand and drawing circles on the ground.

He is Deng Enguang, the chief eunuch of Wang Gongchang.

The door to the cell creaked open, and the light inside became brighter. A voice said loudly: "Deng Enguang, there is an adult in the palace who has come to ask you, you have to answer it!" ”

"Someone from the palace?" Deng Enguang's heart moved, he stopped the small stick in his hand, looked up, and saw that what greeted him was a guard officer wearing a red unicorn suit, his eyes darkened, and he lowered his head again.

"What's your attitude?" Guan Shuo asked, and then smiled flatteringly at Yang Muyun: "This person is like this, no matter who asks him, he is like a fool, he refuses to spit out a word, in my opinion, he can only use torture ......."

"Okay, you go down," Yang Muyun waved his hand at him and said, "Don't forget to close the door." ”

"Yes, Lord Yang." Guan Shuo bowed his head in response, and when he went out, he made a "bang" and closed the heavy wooden door.

There was silence in the cell.

Yang Muyun walked around Deng Enguang, and saw that he kept drawing circles on the ground, and his eyelids were not raised, as if he did not exist.

"Ahem...... Deng Enguang, do you recognize me? Yang Muyun coughed lightly, breaking the silence of the cell.

Deng Enguang slowly raised his head, squinted at Yang Muyun with a pair of cloudy old eyes, and felt that this young janissary officer was a little familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen it, so he shook his head blankly.

"Since you can't remember, I'll remind you," Yang Muyun saw that his face was depressed, which was completely different from the arrogant he saw at that time, so he lowered his voice and said: "A few days ago, I was sent by the Ministry of War to Wang Gongchang to inspect the production progress of gunpowder, do you remember?" ”

"You...... Is that the outsider from the military department? Dunn muttered.

"It seems that you have a good memory," Yang Muyun saw him speak, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, "Gonggong Deng only glanced at me at that time, and he can remember, it's really not simple!" ”

"I didn't take you seriously that day, you must have a grudge against our family, right?" Deng Enguang lowered his head and fiddled with the small wooden stick again.

"Where, Gonggong Deng's grade is higher than mine, I just arrived, and I am already grateful if you didn't leave me aside." Yang Muyun said with a pleasant face, it was like gossip between them, and there was no interrogation at all.

"Lord Yang is magnanimous and doesn't care about our family, our family is here to thank you," Deng Enguang drew a big circle on the ground with a wooden stick and tapped it inside, "Lord Yang is here, but he sent our family on the road by the emperor's will?" ”

"What did Gonggong Deng say about this?" Yang Muyun smiled faintly, "Haven't you thought about exonerating yourself?" ”

"Exoneration?" Deng Enguang chuckled, "Fornicating with Tartars and reselling gunpowder, our family even has ten heads that are not enough for the emperor to cut off, and can we still think of getting rid of the crime?" ”

"In this case, why does the emperor keep your life?"

"You have to ask the emperor, how do we know?" Deng Enguang said quietly.

"The emperor thinks that there are some things that you haven't explained clearly, if you can explain clearly, maybe the emperor can really open the net." Yang Muyun looked at him and said.

Deng Enguang's expression did not move, "If there is anything else that our family needs to explain, Lord Yang might as well say it clearly." ”

"Why did Grandpa Deng ask knowingly?" Yang Muyun said leisurely: "Don't you want to recruit the person behind you who made you fornicate with the Tartars?" The taste of this black pot on the back of one person is not very pleasant. ”

"I can resell the gunpowder from Wang Gong's factory alone, who else can use it?" Dunn burst out laughing.

"Really?" Yang Muyun's eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "What about the money you got from selling gunpowder?" Why do you search your dwelling place and find nothing? ”

"Our family agreed with the people on the Tartar side that they would bring the money in the next transaction, but who knew that the incident happened before the next time." Yang Muyun explained.

"Gonggong Deng is really old-fashioned," Yang Muyun sighed lightly, "I'm afraid that the Tartar trade gave you is not silver, but gold sand, right?" ”

Deng Enguang's body shook slightly, the calm expression on his face disappeared, and the circle on the ground suddenly stopped after half of the drawing.

"Father-in-law Deng trusts them so much," Yang Muyun glanced at the expression on his face, and continued: "They can't help but be righteous, you must know that Father-in-law Deng, you are taking a huge risk, if you can't settle the money in time, how will you make a deal next time?" ”

Deng Enguang's face froze.

Yang Muyun said eloquently, "Gonggong Deng, there is a problem with the goods you prepared here, but you are not to blame." And the gold sand prepared by them for settling the payment has also been transported into the customs, Father-in-law Deng, who do you say the gold sand will be handed over to when it comes? ”

Deng Enguang didn't answer, his hand holding the wooden stick tightened, and with a "snap", the wooden stick was broken in two.

"Will you give it to Gonggong Deng? But you are in the prison of the Criminal Department, handed over to Huang Gonggong of the armor factory? But he was dead. Yang Muyun smiled leisurely, leaned down and said to him: "The two big men are one dead and one prisoner, but there are still people who can accept this golden sand, so Gonggong Deng really doesn't want to say who he is?" ”

"If you already know, why do you bother to ask our family?" Deng Enguang's face turned a little blue, obviously a little out of breath.

Yang Muyun was happy in his heart, but his face was silent, "It's one thing if I know here, and it's another thing if you confess there." Even if the mastermind is the leader, you will have a handwritten confession here......" said in a slow tone, "If you admit your guilt sincerely, it is not impossible for the emperor to open up to you." ”

Deng Enguang is now suffering in his heart, Yang Muyun is half-true and half-false, and his words are false and real, which disturbs his mind. To be honest, he didn't want to die, he still fantasized that person would save him, who knows...

... He closed his eyes, and the muscles on his face twisted for a while, "Let's go, the general trend has gone, what do you still insist on in your heart, if you really explain that person and everything in 1510, maybe it is really like what the young guard said, the emperor will spare his life......" He opened his eyes, seemed to have made up his mind, his lips moved, and he was about to speak......

There was a "creak" and the door opened......

Yang Muyun frowned, and shouted back: "Didn't you let you go out and wait?" Who let you in? When he looked at it, he saw that it was a jailer with a food box in his hand.

"My lord, it's time to eat," the jailer bowed down and smiled, "the little one is here to bring food to the prisoners." ”

"Okay, just put down the meal, go out quickly, the official still has something to ask." Yang Muyun suppressed the anger in his heart and said.

"Yes, sir!" The jailer slowly opened the food box and took out the food inside one by one......

Yang Muyun frowned, and was about to scold him to retreat, when he suddenly saw a black light shooting out of the food box, flying straight towards Dunn's wide door. "Not good!" Yang Muyun didn't have time to think about it, and kicked at Deng Enguang.

"Ahh Deng Enguang was caught off guard and was kicked over by Yang Muyun. The black light was nailed to Deng Enguang's shoulder, and it turned out to be a steel needle, which was black and shiny, glowing with blue light in the candlelight, and at a glance, it was clear that it was smeared with poison.

The figure flashed, and the jailer flew out of the cell like a rabbit.

Yang Muyun stepped forward and kicked the door panel, and the door of the cell closed with a "clang" before the figure flew close.

Seeing that the door had been blocked, the figure quickly took a few steps back, flipped his wrist, and there were two more snow-bright short knives in his hands.

Yang Muyun's body slid away against the wall.

"Ding" a short knife poked against the hard stone wall of the cell, and sparks flew everywhere. Another short knife threw out an arc of light and slashed towards the side of Yang Muyun's neck.

"Snort" Yang Muyun dodged slowly, and the blade slashed across his shoulder, cutting a hole in his shirt, but fortunately it didn't hurt the flesh and skin.

Yang Muyun was startled, and with a "choking" sound, the knife was out of the sheath. "Dang" Kankan fired the fatal blow of another short knife.

The two fought in the cell, this assassin dressed as a jailer was not weak, a pair of short knives in his hands made it swift, although Yang Muyun held a knife in his hand, but he couldn't help him for a while.

After seven or eight moves, Yang Muyun gradually stabilized his mind, and the speed of his moves gradually accelerated, resolving the opponent's fierce offensive one by one.

"Who the hell are you? Why did you sneak here to assassinate Gonggong Deng? Who sent you? Yang Muyun asked in his mouth, but his hands didn't stop.

The other party didn't answer, the yin owl's eyes stared at Yang Muyun, and a pair of short knives made a knife shadow in the prison room like a raging storm, beckoning towards Yang Muyun's vital body.

"Ding Ding Ding" Yang Muyun's body was spinning in circles like a spinning top, and the single knife made the wind and rain impenetrable, blocking the thousands of knife shadows that were drawn towards him one by one.

With a bang, a short knife in the assassin's hand was slammed out of his hand by Yang Muyun's vigorous slash, smashed against the wall and fell to the ground.

The Assassin retreated, leaning against the wall.

Yang Muyun held the knife in both hands and pressed towards him step by step.

"Lord Yang, are you okay?" Guan Shuo's voice came from outside the cell, and he heard that something was wrong, so he called a group of jailers to gather around the door. But I don't know what the situation is inside, so I don't dare to rush in the door.

"Don't any of you come in!" Yang Muyun shouted loudly. His eyes were fixed on the assassin, "At this moment, do you still want to escape?" He said sharply: "Put down your knife, this official will not kill you!" ”

The corners of the man's mouth rose slightly, but a smile appeared on his face.

Yang Muyun was stunned, and secretly said in his heart: "It's not good! He leapt forward and grabbed his jaw with his left hand...... But it was still a step too late, the corners of the man's mouth were already overflowing with blood, his eyes were round, the light in his pupils gradually diverged, and his body leaning against the wall slowly fell softly......

"Committed suicide by poisoning?" Yang Muyun shuddered, turned to look at Gonggong Deng, and saw him lying on the ground, his face turning gray-black, as if he had been coated with a layer of lead.