The Imperial City of the Eastern Capital, Yongshou Palace, the beginning of Hai

The people who went to the banquet were already half-drunk at this time, and they were full of food and meat.

With the consent of Emperor Chu, all the ministers and imperial relatives began to chat and talk, from time to time to persuade each other to drink and respect, staggered, toast and poetry, so happy.

However, Princess Mingyue still did not arrive, and she later sent someone to secretly inform the queen that she was suddenly ill and could not participate. The emperor and queen love this little princess the most, and since this is the case, it is exempt.

After a while, Emperor Chu suddenly said: "Everyone, Aiqing, be quiet for the time being, I have something to say." ”

When everyone heard this, who would dare to continue to speak? Immediately silenced, and they all looked at Emperor Chu and listened.

I only heard Emperor Chu say: "My third emperor, Song Lin, because he made a mistake and broke the rules in the palace, was confined to Hui'an Palace by me, and he was under house arrest. ”

In addition to the prime minister, the crown prince and his henchmen who know the inside story, the other ministers and imperial relatives are full of hearts and minds, and they didn't expect that King Xin, who is in the middle of the day, will also be heavily blamed by the emperor, so it seems that it is really uncertain who will really succeed to the throne in the future.

Emperor Chu paused and continued: "However, although he has to be punished, he can't lose his filial piety, and I still have to approve the special gift that Lin'er prepared for the queen before." ”

When Liang Ziqing heard this, he showed an imperceptible smile, and he secretly said in his heart: "It seems that Your Majesty still has a preference for King Xin." ”

On the other hand, the crown prince Song Yu has a gloomy face, and the pregnant king Song Qi is also as blue as iron.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look back." Emperor Chu said with a mysterious smile.

As soon as Emperor Chu finished speaking, several serving eunuchs folded and opened all the palace doors that were covered, and the night sky outside the door and the stairs to enter the palace were clearly visible.

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they all turned their heads with puzzled faces.

At this moment, a surprising scene appeared: I saw a beautiful woman in beautiful costumes, slowly "falling from the sky" to the palace gate.

The ministers were taken aback, not knowing whether this person was a demon or a god, and they all subconsciously retreated.

The woman knelt down to Emperor Chu and the Empress: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Queen Chitose, Chitose, Chitose! I wish the queen a long and happy life! ”

With that, the woman got up, and then wiped her hands in front of her, she seemed to be magical, and she didn't know when to conjure up a dozen white doves in her hands!

The woman threw the white doves into the sky, and the pigeons spread their wings and flew high, and suddenly, they did not know what they were carrying, and they burst out with colorful sparks in an instant, and in the night, they were like wanton starlight, dazzling.

"Tsk!"

At this time, out of nowhere, there was a sharp whistle, and when the dozen or so pigeons heard this, they lined up in the sky like a well-trained sergeant had received an order!

"Good!"

Everyone applauded loudly and applauded warmly, and even Emperor Chu and Empress couldn't help but applaud.

The woman bowed to the crowd, and then beckoned to the sky, and the pigeons landed and stood in front of them, and the sparks on their bodies were extinguished.

Hearing another whistle, the white dove flapped its wings, and immediately scattered, because the number was too large, directly covering the woman, but when the pigeon all left, the woman who was originally in front of the palace gate suddenly disappeared!

Emperor Chu and the others were very surprised.

At this moment, two tall men appeared from both sides on stilts, and soon, several more men and women appeared, carrying three clay jars and throwing them at the two people, and they were held up by them like arhats!

At this time, a few people at the bottom grabbed their stilts and pulled them hard, and everyone watching thought that they would fall to the ground, but they didn't expect that the two men fell to the ground lightly like a swallow dotting water, and the jar on their heads was still safe and sound.

At the same time, the man on the left threw out a banner and asked the man on the right to catch the other end, only to see that it was written: His Majesty the Emperor will always enjoy the national glory, and the queen will be blessed with Jin'an.

"Good!"

In the Yongshou Palace, there was once again a fierce cheer.

East Capital, West City, Yichangfang, Chu Guotian Prison, Hai Chu

Of course, this kind of regulation is not only in the heavenly prison, but also in the small cells of various institutions in the state of Chu, which must follow this division system, so as to facilitate the classification, arraignment and sentencing of prisoners.

Cell A is dedicated to prisoners who have committed crimes such as treason, bullying the king, and serious homicide.

Cell B is dedicated to prisoners who are guilty of insulting the Holy Lord, framing royal relatives and ministers, slander, intentional homicide, assault and other crimes.

Cell C is dedicated to prisoners who have committed crimes such as looting and stealing important property or theft of large amounts of property, and adultery of a woman from a good family.

T-cell detainees are held for crimes such as obstruction of serious damage to other people's and state-owned property and buildings, assembling a crowd to make trouble, fighting, and spreading rumors, and the crime of intentional disturbance, which has a wider impact.

The heavier the offense, the deeper the detention and the greater the number of guards. Especially in Jiazihao, the jailers there are all strong martial artists, and of course they have more money than ordinary people. Some are as much as the prison inmates' income.

At this time, Gao Qing and the warden Wang Ting slowly walked towards the cell A, and in front of them there were three jailers carrying lanterns to open the way.

They walked through a long corridor, there were no torches to illuminate, and they had to bring their own lighting to walk, but the cells were strictly regulated, and outsiders were forbidden to bring flammable materials into the prison without permission. Therefore, if you want to wander around the prison, you can only do so in the company of the jailer or other prison officials.

This was done to prevent prisoners from escaping, and in such a dim and inexplicable labyrinthine prison, even if one had a map of the place, it would be impossible to get out of it even if he put on his wings.

When the pursuing prison guards found him, he had already been unable to escape from the "labyrinth of the prison", and he died on the wall of the corridor in the ashes.

After Gao Qing walked for a while, he began to secretly feel frightened in his heart, if he accidentally got separated from Wang Ting and the others, I am afraid that before they could find it, he would be driven crazy first.

It took about seven or eight turns, and two meals on foot, before I heard the royal court say "It's here."

Gao Qing looked with the help of the light, only to see that there was a one-zhang high iron gate in front of him, and at the top of the gate there was a plaque, on which were written four golden characters "There is no return", and on the left and right sides of the door there were two seven-foot high stone Jianwei, on the back of Jianhui, there was also a secondary couplet: "The judge's pen is endless, and there is no resurrection in the prison." ”

Seeing this, Gao Qing couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

This cell is really not an ordinary prison, even an iron-blooded man like him with a strong martial arts and who has fought on the battlefield is already terrified just by standing at the door.

At this time, a jailer with a lamp in charge hurried to the gate, and with a cylindrical key at his waist, he went to open the iron lock with a lion's head in the middle of the gate, and then immediately climbed to the two circular iron locks with his hands, and rotated to the left and right a few times, and after waiting for about two breaths, the door suddenly made a huge "creaking" sound, and it slowly opened by itself.

"This is the gate of the organ designed by Mr. Xu Zizhong for my prison seven years ago, only the officials in our prison know how to open this mechanism, if you use force to open it, it will trigger the trap above the gate, and the mouth of that jaw-suck will immediately spew flames, igniting the stone grease under our feet, turning this passage into a sea of fire, and at that time, even a big buffalo will be burned to ashes."

Wang Ting pointed to the two stone statues at the gate, and introduced with a smile.

After hearing this, Gao Qing was shocked and subconsciously raised his foot, the soles of his boots were already stuck with a layer of ink-like liquid, he touched a little with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, it was really stone grease.

Mr. Xu Zizhong, a contemporary master of KitKat and Mechanics in the Chu Kingdom, has provided many strange weapons for the front line, and now the "Iron Armored Floating Butcher" equipped by the Shenji Battalion is one of his works, and he is also one of the few heirs of the Mohist school today.

The iron gate has been opened, and the inside of the door is brightly lit, which is completely different from the previous dark passage, like two worlds, Gao Qing is not used to such a dazzling light at once, so he can only cover his eyes with his hands and transition for a while.

"You are guarding the door, and you are not allowed to come in without my orders." Wang Ting said to the three jailers with an expressionless face.

"Whoa."

The jailers bowed in response, and then stood in a line with their backs to the gate.

"Inside, please."

Wang Tingchao made a gesture of "please" to Gao Qing, which made him a little uncomfortable, and it felt like he was going to be locked in.

The two of them walked towards the inside of cell A, there was only one road in the middle, there were prisons on both sides, and the criminals of all shapes and shapes were unkempt, scarred, and wearing dirty prison uniforms that had not been washed for a long time, which also made the whole cell exude a foul smell mixed with fishy smell and sweat, Gao Qing couldn't help frowning, and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves.

However, this place is different from other prisons, although each one is full of prisoners, but it is surprisingly quiet, unlike other prisons, which are full of prisoners' wails, which adds to the frightening atmosphere.

"Lord Prison Warden, it's rare to come to our cell A."

Suddenly, a hoarse voice sounded in the cell, and the two of them followed the voice, only to see three figures appear in front of them, and slowly approached them.

"Don't blame Mr. Ge, I'm also on official business, so it's not good to move around at will, so I can only send some juniors to inspect the four prisons." Wang Ting's tone replied with a somewhat respectful smile.

When they got closer, they saw that it was two middle-aged men in their forties and an old man in his sixties, and it was the old man who had just spoken.

Gao Qing could feel that these three people were surging with strong internal force, which was not something that ordinary masters could have, which made him secretly frightened, what kind of characters are in this prison?

"Who is this junior?"

The old man squinted at Gao Qing and asked.