In the courtyard of Kaifeng Mansion, it is as silent as death in the middle of the night, and in the square compound, the torches on the wall flicker and darken, illuminating the obscure and unknown ground, like the Yin Palace.

In the compound, the public with guns and knives is a post in three steps, a sentry in five steps, and there are mobile sentry posts patrolling back and forth from time to time, and the security is so strict that even a mosquito may not be able to fly out.

Inside the cell, Wang Song looked out at the posture outside the cell, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

He never imagined that his dignified Privy Council minister would be put in a cell just because he went shopping and scavenging. If this is known by the melon-eating masses who are doing good things, they will not be laughed out of their big teeth.

In his opinion, these jailers outside the cell who were armed with sharp knives and were eyeing each other were all showmanship, and a few pikemen under his command could easily deal with all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods in this courtyard.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, followed by several jailers walked in, they stopped in the courtyard, Wang Song saw clearly, the jailer led by him was the Li Guohu of the day.

Li Guohu beckoned, and a jailer guarding the courtyard came over, Li Guohu whispered a few words in his ear, and stuffed something in the jailer's arms. The jailer nodded, waved his hand, and the jailers in the courtyard left the courtyard one after another.

Li Guohu said a few words, and the few jailers he brought separated and stood in the courtyard. Li Guohu looked at the cell and walked away.

Wang Song saw it clearly, and he was furious. The prison of Kaifeng Mansion has now become a place to hide filth and filth. It seems that something will happen tonight.

"Please, come quickly, let me out, I promise you everything!"

"You who kill a thousand knives, one day, God will accept you!"

The cries and curses of the prisoners resounded in the empty prison, but they did not elicit any reaction from the guards.

"You can save it!"

The man leaning against the corner of a cell said lazily: "Those who come in will not go bankrupt, but also have to peel off their skin!" It's better to save effort and find someone to send money in! ”

The Kaifeng Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty was in charge of the public security, justice, and prison litigation affairs of Bianliang City and its subordinate counties, and also accepted cases from officials at all levels. As a result, Kaifeng Prefecture has five prisons to hold prisoners and witnesses. One of them is located in the southwest corner of the Kaifeng Prefecture Bureau, which is directly managed by the Silu Division, commonly known as the "Fusi West Prison", which is where Wang Song and others were detained.

This "Western Prison" is only a place where criminal suspects and witnesses are temporarily held for arraignment, which is equivalent to a detention center for future generations, and the maximum period of detention for suspects here cannot exceed 40 days.

It's just that now that the state is declining and the government is lax, many rules and regulations have become ornaments.

Suddenly, in the next cell, unaware of what was going on, someone began to argue.

At this time, it was already the dead of night, and from the skylight on the top of the cell, you could see the stars in the sky, and in the dark cell, as the sound of quarrels came out, the sound of angry scolding and fighting also appeared from the cell.

With a "bang", Niu Tong slammed into the table, followed by several prisoners pounced, two of them each pressed one of Niu Tong's shoulders, and several people hugged Niu Tong's legs and feet tightly.

A prisoner jumped high and stabbed Niu Tong in the chest with a short knife in his hand, intending to kill Niu Tong.

A kick came out from the side, and the man with a short knife was kicked by someone at the waist and hit the wall of the cell, and he didn't get up for a long time. Then, one of the prisoners who held Niu Tong's shoulder snorted, was hit hard in the face, and fell to the ground with a bang, raising a cloud of dust.

Niu Tong was almost hit, and he was so ashamed that he smashed the other prisoner who was wrapped around his arm with one punch and spat blood, and then he rose up and threw away the two prisoners who were holding his right leg, straightened up, punched and kicked, and knocked the other two panicked men to the ground.

The violent sounds of fighting and crashing suddenly woke up almost all the prisoners in the cell, and everyone looked towards the cell where the fight took place.

"This brother, thanks to you, otherwise I would have confessed here!"

Niu Tong wiped the cold sweat on his head and straightened his clothes: "These dogs' rammers actually dare to kill them!" ”

As soon as everyone was locked in, they were isolated to various cells, and Niu Tong was locked up alone, it seems that Li Guohu and others can't swallow this breath and want to get rid of it quickly.

"They have done too many things like this, and everything they can't get used to seeing is basically killed!"

The man hugged his fists and said: "The way of this straight lady thief is becoming more and more unreasonable!"

"How did you get in, brother?"

Niu Tong asked with a let go of his hands and feet.

"Drunk hurts people, I sent myself in!"

The man cut his hair in a bun, quite young, at most in his early twenties.

"The wine in Tokyo City is more fragrant than the wine in Jiangxi, otherwise I wouldn't have made a mistake after drinking."

There were three main forms of cupagers in the Northern Song Dynasty: the monopoly of liquor, the monopoly of koji, and the tax of liquor. That is, for different places, three different policies are implemented: the Sanjing area implements the monopoly of koji; In the state city, the monopoly of liquor is implemented; Localities below the county level either pay taxes or monopolize the sale of alcohol. This policy of differential treatment is to take into account the characteristics of the locality, which is conducive to the country to obtain greater alcohol profits, but also increases the popularity of drinking.

Many celebrities in the Northern Song Dynasty in history have a record of drunkenness, such as Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Han Shizhong, etc., Yue Fei was also reprimanded by his mother and Song Gaozong for being drunk, which shows the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty wine industry, and people often make mistakes because of drinking.

"The surname is Yang, you are involved in this matter, don't want to get out of here!"

The prisoners got up from the ground one after another and gathered together, and the leading prisoner clutched his chest, pointed at the man and shouted.

"Don't say it, I really don't want to get out of here!"

The man surnamed Yang was not afraid at all in the face of more than a dozen prisoners.

"Lao Tzu originally came to Bianliang City to join the army, but who knew that he was here! Lao Tzu cleaned up your bunch of pickled stuff today, and went up the mountain and down to the grass!"

Niu Tong's face turned red, and he pointed at the prisoner and shouted: "It's you, who almost took grandpa's life!" Grandpa has never flinched in the midst of thousands of troops, will he be afraid of you, a rat! Today, grandpa will take your life first!"

Niu Tong shouted and pounced. The prisoners also shouted and rushed up. The man was helpless and joined the war group.

When Wang Song opened his eyes, several prisoners in the same cell hurriedly lowered their heads. Wang Song's gaze swept over these people and moved away.

If he wants to do it to himself, he has to teach these ghosts a little lesson tonight.

Wang Song was held in the cell next door to Niu Tong. At first, when I heard the sound of fighting, I was also shocked into a cold sweat when I saw Niu Tong in distress. When he saw that he was safe and sound, he quieted down.

In the next cell, the two sides went back and forth, and soon the winner was decided, and the prisoners were knocked to the ground one after another, falling to the ground and groaning.

Niu Tong stepped forward, stepped on the chest of the prisoner leader, and said with a short knife: "I, Niu Tong, followed Xianggong, outside the Xuanhua Gate, among thousands of troops and horses, the killer lost his armor, but almost died in the hands of your pickled thing!" Say, "How shall I repay you?" ”

With a "poof", the short knife stabbed the prisoner's thigh, and he screamed bitterly.

Niu Tong gently stirred the sharp knife, and the prisoner howled in pain, which was extremely uncomfortable.

"Straight bitches, tell me quickly, who told you fools to deal with me?"

Niu Tong stabbed the prisoner in the other thigh again. Before Niu Tong stirred, the prisoner had already shouted: "It's Li Guohu!"

The prisoner's screams were loud and high-pitched, and the other prisoners in the cell, including Wang Song, could hear them clearly.

The man surnamed Yang shook his head and said, "Sure enough, it's Li Guohu!" The straight lady thief, I really treat Kaifeng Mansion as my own home!"

Some of the prisoners shouted, "What else would he not dare to do!" This guy took advantage of the siege of Fanzi, forcibly seized it, robbed and assassinated it, and seized more than a dozen houses on both sides of the Bianhe River, and did all kinds of evil. was framed by Li Guohu and Huang Shanhu, and he went bankrupt to save a cheap life. It's a pity that the shop left by the ancestors is gone!"

Someone spoke, and the prisoners became emboldened, and another prisoner said indignantly: "My restaurant used to have a prosperous business, but who knew that Huang Shanhu looked down on it, and he came to the door again and again to make trouble. I went to the yamen to report the case, but the public ignored me. One day, Li Guohu led someone to seal the restaurant, saying that I had an affair. I, Jia, have lived for most of my life, and I haven't seen what Fanzi looks like, how can it be a Jurchen work! ”

Someone next to him sneered: "Who hasn't seen Fanzi, but if it's a fine work, I don't know!" You Jia Shan is rich and wealthy, and there is Wang Fu Yin behind you, you have to fight with Pan Lou and Li Guohu, behind Pan Lou and Li Guohu is King Yun, your Wang Fu Yin has fallen, you naturally can't fight others, just accept your fate! ”

Wang Fu Yin is Kaifeng Mansion Yin Wang Shiyong, because the Jurchens besieged the city against the holy will, has been degraded to the land of Shandong.

was poked in the sore spot by the other party's words, and Jia Shanren suddenly fell into decay and stopped talking.

Another prisoner interjected: "Li Guohu and the Huangshan Tiger and the Winged Tiger from Shandong are sworn brothers, and the three of them are in an embarrassed manner, known as the "Three Tigers". Li Guohu's father is just a disciple in the Yunwang Mansion, but he can let his son come to Kaifeng Mansion to serve, this world is really the world of the powerful, how can the people live! ”

"It's time to let Fanzi enter the city and collect these people!"

Jia Shanren interjected again, causing a burst of angry eyes. He quickly lowered his head and muttered, "I said the wrong thing, please don't be responsible!"

Niu Tong let go of the prisoner, and the man screamed and squirmed on the ground, but no one dared to go up to help.

Niu Tong couldn't see it, and shouted: "Don't help your boss down and bandage it, I really don't know how you guys are mixed up in the rivers and lakes, and you don't have any righteousness!"

Seeing the prisoner being helped down by everyone, Niu Tong and the man surnamed Yang sat back by the wall. The man surnamed Yang leaned in and asked, "Brother, did you really do it with Fanzi outside the Xuanhua Gate?"

Niu Tong nodded and said, "This is still fake!" You saved my life, wait for me to go out, and take you to see the prince. I still don't know your name, brother, who is your name?"

The man was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Yang Zaixing, Jiangxi people." Dare to ask what brother is called?"

Niu Tong hugged his fists and saluted back: "In Xia Niu Tong, he is a lieutenant general of the Wang Xianggong Army."

Yang Zaixing bowed solemnly and said: "Sure enough, he is a good man in the loyal army, and my brother is honored!"