The moon shadow was dim, the starlight was dim, and Kaifeng Mansion, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, was immersed in a deep night.

At this time, a green nun official sedan chair was parked outside the prison of the Criminal Department located on Lion Street. The sedan chair fell steadily, and out of it came a middle-aged man dressed in the costume of a civil official.

The person who recognized the cell head of the door was Yao Neng, the prison director of Gyeonggi Road, hurriedly stepped forward and intervened: "The little one has seen Lord Yao." In the middle of the night, I don't know what the adults have to do? ”

Yao Neng snorted lightly and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, if a prisoner asks about beheading, this official will come to check and verify." ”

This kind of supervising cases and impartially enforcing the law is the duty of the Criminal Department, and Yao Neng is a frequent visitor to the prison of the Criminal Department, so the cell boss does not suspect him, but Lord Yao has always worked during the day, and it is the first time that he has come to mention people in the past three watches, so he couldn't help but be surprised: "My lord has worked hard." I don't know which one you always want to arraign? ”

"Mu Ling in the Tianzi cell."

The cell boss was stunned when he heard this, and tried to recall it for a while, before he suddenly realized it, and then he was a little embarrassed: "Huh...... Master Yao, I heard that Mu Ling and her father and mother are both military criminals. ”

Yao Neng said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "What's wrong with the military criminals, isn't it my people of the Great Song Dynasty?" Can't the official ask? ”

The cell boss was taken aback by him, and quickly explained: "No, no, no, the little one definitely doesn't mean that." Merely...... Your Excellency, as you know, military criminals are all appointed by the Privy Council, and if we want to be arraigned, I am afraid that not only will our criminal department cooperate, but we will also have to ......."

Yao Neng glared, and without waiting for the cell boss to finish speaking, he scolded: "Arrogance! This official does things, and he still needs you to teach him?! Your name is Chen Zhou, right? Someone has already complained to the official, saying that you deduct food and pay and abuse prisoners on weekdays, and the official has not had time to deal with you! What's wrong? Don't want to eat this bowl of rice? ”

"Little ones don't dare! Little muddle! The cell boss Chen Zhou was so frightened that he trembled, slapped himself repeatedly, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Adults are gracious, adults are gracious, you don't have to be angry with this nasty billet of the little one." I was idle in the first half of the night, and I couldn't help but pour two glasses of horse urine, and after a stomach, the little one lost his heart and went crazy, and even forgot what his father's surname was. It's time to fight! As he spoke, he twitched himself twice harder, and his cheeks became red and swollen.

Yao Neng, as the Gyeonggi Road Criminal Prison Division, belongs to the direct officials appointed by the imperial court, which is two levels higher than Liu Jingye, the main hall of the Criminal Department, and it is easier to kill a cell head than to pinch an ant to death.

As soon as he was powerful, he immediately suppressed Chen Zhou and other cell guards, which was not an exaggeration. Yao Neng pretended to be serious in his heart, no longer talking nonsense with Chen Zhou, and ordered him to lead the way in front of his head to interrogate Mu Ling.

It stands to reason that even if the case is submitted to the Criminal Division for review, it is still necessary to show the corresponding official documents, especially the inquest documents of the Criminal Department, but what came today is not the ordinary officials of the Criminal Division, but the Lord Yao himself, and he is an official authority who splits his head and covers his face as soon as he comes up, and he has already scared Chen Zhou to the point that he is not possessed, and he does not dare to ask half a word more, so he hurriedly and obediently leads everyone to the Tianzi cell, and even forgets to report to the top boss who is sleeping in the duty room, the master book.

Zhao Liang, Li Erbai and Yang Zongbao dressed up as ordinary officials, followed Yao Neng into the prison of the Criminal Department, and passed several checkpoints one after another, and finally came to the West Chamber.

Yao Neng stopped at the entrance of the West Chamber, stretched out his hand to stop Chen Zhou and the other jailers, and said loudly: "A few of you, you are all waiting here with this official, just let them go in and pick up people." As he spoke, he pointed at Zhao Liang and Yang Zongbao.

Chen Zhou nodded inexplicably, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to take out the key and handed it to Zhao Liang. Zhao Liang took the heavy iron key, checked it in his hand, and said in his heart: Xiaoya, don't worry, I'm here! Then he glanced at Yang Zongbao and walked to the cell where Zheng Luya was held.

Through the thick wooden fence at the mouth of the bowl, Zhao Liang vaguely saw that a slender body was lying on the haystack on the ground, with its back to the door. Taking advantage of his efforts to unlock the lock, Yang Zongbao whispered inside: "Miss Mu, Miss Mu." ”

The figure trembled slightly when he heard the sound, and immediately sat up, turning his head to look at them, and Zhao Liang's hand that unlocked the lock couldn't help but tremble excitedly. Through the reflection of the candlelight in the cell, a familiar face appeared in front of him - Zheng Luya!

Zhao Liang almost jumped up happily, subconsciously stopped his movements, and shouted in a low voice: "Damn, Xiaoya!" It's really you! ”

Zheng Luya sat on the ground, stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise: "Young Master Yang? Is that you? Young Master Yang? What are you doing here? ”

Yang Zongbao's face was filled with a gentle smile: "Miss Mu, don't worry, I'm here to save you." ”

Zheng Luya struggled to stand up, ignoring the heavy shackles on her wrists and ankles, rushed to the fence in three steps and two steps, grabbed Yang Zongbao's hand, and cried with joy: "I knew, I knew, you would definitely come." ”

Yang Zongbao burst into tears, gently rubbing Xiaoya's hair, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, everything has me." ”

Zhao Liang stood next to him and blinked, feeling like an oversized light bulb, how out of place he looked. But he couldn't care about it anymore, and said in surprise: "You, do you know me?" ”

It was only at this time that Zheng Luya seemed to find that there was still Zhao Liang, and looked at Yang Zongbao curiously, Yang Zongbao hurriedly introduced: "Oh, this is Brother Zhao, he came with me to rescue you." ”

Zheng Luya nodded to Zhao Liang when she heard this, and said softly: "Brother Zhao, your great kindness, Mu Ling is grateful. ”

Great kindness? Zhao Liang's face is clouded, damn me, is this Nima teasing me? The girl in front of me does look exactly like Xiaoya, why doesn't she seem to know me at all? Did you really recognize the wrong person? This Mu Ling just happens to look similar to Xiaoya?

He didn't dare to think about it, so he pretended to stretch his hand forward intentionally or unintentionally, and got closer to the two of them, and said, "Let me unchain the cell door first." Just as his left wrist was close to the girl, the identification chip suddenly alarmed, and Zhao Liang felt a pang in his heart: As expected, the identity of the traverser was warned, and this Mu Ling came from the crossing. It's just that she doesn't know why, she doesn't seem to remember herself, is there something unspeakable? Or is it an injury and amnesia?

But at this moment, it is too late to distinguish it, so I can only wait until I rescue the person and then slowly figure it out.

Zhao Liang used his strength in his hands, tore off the iron chain on the cell door, then opened the door and entered the room, and quickly removed Mu Ling's shackles with his hands and feet.

While helping, Yang Zongbao said distressedly: "Miss Mu, you have suffered. Have they tortured you? ”

Mu Ling shook his head: "I'm fine, it's just that I've been on the stick twice." My father's injuries were so badly that he was beaten out of shape by those brutes. As he spoke, he began to weep again.

Yang Zongbao hugged Mu Ling in his arms and kept comforting him. Zhao Liang didn't know why, a sour feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and he said angrily: "I said if you two can hug again later, you have to leave here quickly." ”

"Oh, yes, Brother Zhao is very right." Yang Zongbao helped Mu Ling up and persuaded: "Miss Mu, this is not the time to be sad, let's leave quickly." ”

"What about my father and mother?" Mu Ling asked with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Liang's head was as big as a fight, and he hurriedly explained: "We can't take them all away, we can only rescue you first." But don't worry, as long as you escape from prison, they will be safe for the time being. The government has lost an important criminal, and it is impossible to carry out a hasty execution for a while, and only if you are arrested and brought to justice, will you be beheaded again. ”

Mu Ling's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated: "In that case, let's rescue my father first, I'll stay here ......"

"How's that going to work?!" When Yang Zongbao heard this, he became anxious: "I must not leave you here alone and continue to suffer!" Brother Zhao, or let's ......"

Zhao Liang knew what he was going to say, so he hurriedly stopped: "Don't have a brain fever for a while, whimsical, the family of three is rescued, it doesn't match our previous plan, and there will be all kinds of forks in the middle." ”

Hearing this, Mu Ling begged: "Brother Zhao, please, save my father!" Otherwise, Ling'er would not want to abandon them and escape alone. ”

Yang Zongbao also said: "Brother Zhao, anyway, with Lord Yao's cover, there is no difference between taking one person and taking three people away, and our Yang Mansion can also hide them." ”

Zhao Liang was one head and two big, and he was about to scold his mother: "I said Yang Gongzi, do you think about it clearly, Xiaoya just now...... Oh no, Miss Mu Ling also said that her father was beaten out of human shape, and she couldn't walk if she thought about it, and her mother was probably no better than the old man, just with the two of us and Li Erbai, can we get them out together? ”

"No problem!" Yang Zongbao said firmly: "I am responsible for carrying Old Man Mu, and the second white Taoist is carrying Mrs. Mu on his back, and you help carry Miss Mu, just right!" ”

Mu Ling hurriedly said: "I can hold it myself, I don't need to help, Brother Zhao just needs to help take care of my father and mother." Please forgive me, two big brothers, if Daddy and Auntie don't leave, I will never leave. ”

When Zhao Liang heard this, he sighed helplessly, and shook his head again: "I was really defeated by the two of you." I said Miss Mu, the state of this mother-in-law is not like your usual style. ”

Mu Ling was slightly stunned: "Brother Zhao knew me before?" ”

Zhao Liangxin said: I don't just know you, it's basically to get along day and night, and share weal and beyond, okay? He nodded slightly, but said, "Oh, I listened to Yang Gongzi's introduction." In this way, since you insist on not going by yourself, then take a rest here first, and we will go and save your parents. ”

After a meal, Yao Neng and the others, who were guarding outside the Tianzi cell, heard footsteps in the corridor. Everyone followed the sound and looked at it, and they couldn't help but be slightly stunned. I saw Zhao Liang and Yang Zongbao each carrying a person on their backs, followed by a faltering girl, walking towards the outside of the cell.

Seeing this, Li Erbai hurriedly stepped forward, took Mrs. Mu from Zhao Liang's back, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Shi, what's going on?" ”

"Damn, don't mention it." Zhao Liang couldn't help but say angrily: "Let's talk about it when we go out." ”

At this time, Yao Neng also walked up to them and was surprised: "Huh? Didn't you say there was only one? ”

Yang Zongbao hurriedly explained: "Lord Yao, these three have all suffered injustice, so they ......"

Yao Neng knew that this was not the place to speak, so he had to wave his hand: "Okay, okay, three of them, just three, take them all away, and bring them all together for review." ”

The cell boss Chen Zhou was stunned as he watched from the sidelines, completely unclear about what was happening in front of him. However, since Lord Yao said that they were all arraigned, then they were all arraigned, anyway, if there was anything wrong, he would not be able to find his little cell leader. So he quickly turned around and led the way, leading these uninvited guests to leave as soon as possible.

Yao Neng was at the front, Yang Zongbao and Li Erbai followed behind him, Zhao Liang helped Zheng Luya to walk at the end, and the group passed through the three gates one after another, and finally arrived at the front yard of the prison of the Criminal Department. As long as you step through that courtyard gate again, you are out of the cell. In the streets and alleys outside, a carriage from the Yang Mansion was parked, which could get them out of danger in the blink of an eye.

But just as everyone was about to walk through the front yard and leave safely, suddenly, a rapid gong sound came from all around, breaking the silence of the night in an instant, making Zhao Liang and them startled on the spot.