It was a long, narrow corridor, dark and deep, and there was a disgusting musty smell in the air, and there seemed to be a strong smell of blood, which was all the more eerie.

For most of his life, he stayed in the palace, accustomed to the life of gold and gold, and suddenly fell directly from the peak of his life to the bottom of the gloomy valley, this psychological gap was indeed unacceptable to him.

When Cao Rong was alive, it was indeed the most beautiful time in his life to ward off evil spirits, and in the palace, it could not be said that one person was below and above ten thousand, and it was not much worse.

Countless eunuchs and palace maids are respectful and flattering to him, and they can receive soft hands to ward off evil spirits and receive gifts.

In fact, as a eunuch, no matter how much money he has, it is useless, and there are no descendants who need him to leave some inheritance or anything, but to ward off evil spirits is to like those gold, silver and jewelry, even if he doesn't need it himself, but it is piled up in the whole house, and it is pleasing to the eyes when he looks at the jewels.

As a close servant of the Son of Heaven, and deeply favored by the Son of Heaven, then the reward for warding off evil spirits is far more than others, and sometimes Cao Rong will reward him with some treasures that he plays with on a whim.

Generally, the Son of Heaven rewards his courtiers with treasures, and there will be a special person in the palace who is responsible for recording them, but the problem is that when Cao Rong rewards evil spirits, there are often only two of them, and no one else is present, so naturally no one goes to record them.

Cao Rong was happy to be rewarded, and he was at ease to ward off evil spirits, but these things eventually became a talisman to ward off evil spirits.

Of course, the evil spirits are also very clear, so the stolen goods are just a starting excuse, even if these things come from a clear source, they want to cure your crimes, can't they find any other excuse?

If you want to add sin, there is no excuse!

Over the years, there has been Cao Rong covered, the evil spirit can be said to be rampant in the palace, offending people must be inevitable, the back of the tree is good to enjoy the shade, now the big tree is gone, there is no evil to rely on, it is inevitable to be settled by people after the autumn.

I faintly regretted it, I knew that when Cao Rong died, I was sideways and followed the funeral, which can be regarded as a reputation for both loyalty and righteousness.

Now that I am in prison, I don't know how many sins I will suffer, how much suffering I will endure, and whether I can leave a whole corpse when I die.

Soon, the evil spirits were escorted to a torture chamber, the gloomy and dim environment, the terrible torture instruments stained with blood, and the evil spirits were a little frightened to see.

It was Dali Cheng Wang Ye who tried to ward off evil spirits, and he sat down in the torture hall, turned over the files of evil spirits, and began to try the case of warding off evil spirits.

In fact, the trial went through a formality, and Wang Ye knew very well that this time the crime was plotted by Zhang Dang of Zhonghuangmen. Zhang Dang has always been on good terms with evil spirits, and when Emperor Ming was in power, Zhang Dang has been suppressed and has no future. After the death of Emperor Ming, Zhang Dang colluded with internal and external affairs, and asked Cao Shuang and Sima Yi, two ministers who took care of their lives, to put pressure on the Empress Dowager Guo, forcing the Empress Dowager Guo to issue an edict to arrest and ward off evil spirits.

Wang Ye, as a member of Sima Yi's faction, served as the chief judge of this case, which was the result of the compromise of all forces, Zhang Dang's purpose was very clear, that is, to bring down the evil spirit, he wanted to be the chief eunuch of the palace, and Cao Shuang accepted Zhang Dang's bribe, so he naturally turned a blind eye and let them deal with it.

A small internal official, it is not Cao Shuang's turn to worry about his brain, not to mention that Zhang Dang, this kid, is very attentive, and he did what he liked, and secretly gave Cao Shuang a few palace ladies who were supposed to be sent back to his hometown.

As for Sima Yi's side, Zhang Dang simply did a favor and handed over the evil spirits directly to Sima Yi to deal with, as for whether Sima Yi can dig up valuable things from the evil spirits, it is none of his business.

Wang Ye pretended to start the trial according to the procedure, and in the face of a pile of "ironclad evidence", the evil spirit was naturally denied, and Wang Ye was not ambiguous and ink, and directly came to serve with a big punishment.

Wang Ye proudly packed up the file, at this moment, two people suddenly came in the prison torture room, Wang Ye saw that it was none other than Sima Yi, the prince of the dynasty, and his son, who were scattered and served Sima Shi, Wang Ye hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

Sima Yi was pale, and reprimanded angrily: "He has served the first emperor for many years to ward off evil spirits, and he has no merit and hard work, but he treats him like this, it is simply lawless!" ”

Wang Ye submitted the interrogation transcript in a panic and said, "Returning to Taifu, I have confessed to ward off evil spirits and signed and detained." ”

Sima Yi took it and glanced at it, threw it aside, and said contemptuously: "Can you do this kind of thing that is beaten into tricks?" ”

Turning around, Sima Yi instructed the jailer to help up the evil spirit, and the jailer's dozen whips went down, and the evil spirit was already peeled open, and the blood flowed sideways, and the condition was unbearable.

Sima Yi bowed and said, "A certain step late has made the big internal officials suffer." ”

He reluctantly opened his eyes blurred with blood and tears, and said with a sad smile: "Mrs. Sima still remembers our family, and our family died without regrets." ”

Sima Yi dismissed Wang Ye and the prison officials, stepped forward in person, helped the evil spirits up, and said: "Don't worry, as long as there is a breath of air, these treacherous villains will never hurt the big internal officials again." ”

He took a breath and said: "Sima Taifu Mingjian, all these things are framed by Zhang Dang of Zhonghuangmen to frame our family, and all the things used by the emperor are given by the emperor himself, and our family has no lies." ”

"I know, I know, the great internal officials are deeply favored by the first emperor, and they have everything they have given, so why do they need to be greedy and pervert the law, and they are also convinced of the character of the great internal officials, and there is no such thing as committing adultery. Although they don't take care of political affairs, they will still give some face if they try to ensure that the big internal officials are safe. It's just that the palace is in the palace, but I'm afraid that the big internal officials won't be able to stay in the future. ”

The look of warding off evil spirits was dark, he entered the palace at a young age, and stayed in this palace for twenty years, never thought that there would be a day out of the palace in the future, but he also knew that after this incident, he could no longer stay in the palace, and his mood was gloomy.

Sima Yi pondered for a while, and said: "There is still a set of former residences in Wen County, if the internal officials do not dislike it, they can live here for a while, and all the items here, the internal officials can also take them together, although the mansion is not as good as the palace Ouchi, but it is also spacious and comfortable, I don't know what the inner officials want?" ”

The evil spirit nodded and thanked him: "Then thank you Mrs. Sima." ”

Sima Yi's expression was as usual, and he said lightly: "It is also appropriate to receive the great favor of the first emperor and take care of the great internal officials, now that the matter in Luoyang is over, when the internal officials are leaving, do you have anything to say?" ”