The guards turned sideways to make way for Lan Ziyi, and what appeared in front of Lan Ziyi was a completely different area from the cell he had just passed by, in the same prison, a wall separated two worlds, the place he passed just now was a fence, a cage, a blood-dripping torture instrument, a damp and cold ground, but here was a separate room, a residence with doors and windows, a table, chair and bench, yes

The dry grass that covered the bed on the ground, and most importantly, there was no smell of blood in the air before. Although by Lan Ziyi's standards, this is still a place to house livestock, Lan Ziyi understands that for many people in the world, this place is much better than their own residence.

After the guard led Lan Ziyi inside, he turned around and closed the door, and now Lan Ziyi couldn't smell the bad smell before, and the guard stretched his sleeves to help Lan Ziyi fan the wind to disperse the residue on his body, Lan Ziyi turned his face to look at the surrounding compartment, Lan Ziyi asked:

"Why haven't you seen this place before?"

The guards laughed and said:

"I came to Wei Hou here before to review the key criminals, and if I want to commit them, I have to use punishment, so naturally I won't be locked up here."

Lan Ziyi saw that several rooms at the door were empty, so he asked:

"I don't think there are many people locked up here."

The guard replied:

"What Master Hou said is that there are indeed not a few people in this prison, in fact, when we can't go home on duty on weekdays, we errand boys all pick up this cell to rest."

Lan Ziyi asked:

"Why don't you fill this place? Could it be that the Grievance Washing Temple is still afraid that the prisoners will come and destroy all the tables and chairs in the house? ”

Wei Jun smiled:

"How much are the tables and chairs in this room worth? How can you talk about breaking it or not. As I said just now, there are people in the prison who are divided into three, six, nine, and so on, and there are cases in the body, and those who need to be interrogated are all in the blood cell in front, and the people who are locked up here are ordinary officials, civilian gentry, and then there is a guest room for officials above the third grade, and no one has been in there for many years. ”

Lan Ziyi said:

"The cells in this temple are so detailed? It seems that many people have been arrested in this category before. ”

Wei Jun Dao:

"Wei Hou, please allow the villain to dare to say a word of disrespect, you said that you were wrong before, it is this temple that has always been so arrested."

Lan Ziyi said:

"If you've always been arresting people like this, why are these two cells empty now?"

Wei Jun Dao:

"Isn't that because our father-in-law is a bodhisattva? Which of the eunuchs guarding the town of Taicheng in the past was not murderous? I heard my father tell me that when my grandfather was on an errand, when Father-in-law Yu was not in charge of Taichengwei, the three cells in this temple were never vacant, and people were arrested every day, and the cells were stuffed with people. ”

Lan Ziyi listened to these words of the guards, and secretly recalled in his heart the behavior of Father-in-law Yu in the past, as far as Lan Ziyi's contact with Father-in-law Yu this year, although Father-in-law Yu was ruthless, he never arrested people indiscriminately, and the ministers of the central government had never seen Father-in-law Yu catch one, and then think about what Father-in-law Yu had said before, it seems that his old man is leaving a way back for himself.

The empty cell area was unoccupied, and the conversation between Lan Ziyi and the guards echoed in the cell room, and suddenly there was a noise in a cell deep in the corridor, and then someone asked:

"Is Wei Hou here?"

Lan Ziyi heard that this was Zheng Zhili's voice, exactly the same as what he heard on the street just now, and the guard who fanned Lan Ziyi whispered to Lan Ziyi when he heard this:

"Master Hou, I'm going to offend you, please forgive me."

Then he yelled inside:

"Whisper to me! No one needs to worry about it! ”

Lan Ziyi said:

"These brothers, that person has some friendship with me, and you yelled at him in front of me like this, but you didn't give me face."

The guards arched their hands:

"I also know that they are the people who are taking care of the guards, but in this prison, we jailers also have to stand up to suppress people, or if the prisoners step on our faces, we will not be able to do this job. Since Wei Hou specially spoke, the villain will hide from this person in the future. ”

Lan Ziyi smiled:

"Where, where, what you said makes sense, it's that I shouldn't interfere in your affairs more. Please lead the way. ”

When the guard heard this, he led the way in front of him, leading to the room where the sound came just now, and the guard unlocked Lan Ziyi, and invited Lan Ziyi to come inside, and then he closed the door again, and the guard said:

"Master Hou, please forgive me, the rules of the temple are cleared, people who come to the house must be locked, you have to be wronged, just call me when you want to leave, I will open the door for you immediately."

Lan Ziyi entered the door and sat down directly, he didn't look back, just said:

"It's good for you to go, I understand the rules, how can I be arrogant and ruin his face in the realm of Father-in-law."

Seeing that Lan Ziyi was so reasonable, the guard quickly closed the door and left, only to hear the guard say outside the door:

"With your words, the villain will be easy to do, you are chatting inside, and I will bring you in when the wine and food come."

Then I heard the sound of footsteps kicking down the hallway. After the guards left, Lan Ziyi was finally able to meet Zheng Zhili alone, which would be closer, and Lan Ziyi could also see him carefully and carefully. Now in the cold winter weather, Zheng Zhili is only wearing single clothes, and there are short shirts up and down, and there are no shoes on his feet, and his hands and feet are all purple, red and purple.

At this time, the hat on Zheng Zhili's body was gone, he had obviously been beaten, his hair was scattered, and his face was swollen on one side, but he didn't care, seeing Lan Ziyi sitting down, Zheng Zhili stepped forward and hugged his fist and said:

"The villain has seen Wei Hou."

Lan Ziyi got up and helped Zheng Zhili and said:

"Little Brother Zheng, it's me who is late, and you suffer from dominance, come, sit down."

Saying that, Lan Ziyi gave Zheng Zhili to his seat. After Zheng Zhili took his seat, he picked up the kettle on the table and poured a bowl of water for Lan Ziyi, he said:

"Wei Hou didn't come late, although this temple of washing grievances is known as eating people and not spitting out bones, but I didn't suffer any grievances when I came in, and no one beat me, they sent me to sleep in such a good room, and there was a cup lid, and I was given water to drink, I was already very satisfied."

Lan Ziyi listened to Zheng Zhili's words, and felt slightly surprised in his heart, if Zheng Zhili even made it a luxury to cover the quilt, then the life of the demon thief would be really difficult enough. Lan Ziyi said:

"Of course I'm late, if I come early, you won't have to be beaten by the officials of Jingzhao Mansion."

Zheng Zhili smiled:

"What's the point? Wei Hou has already rescued me from under the guillotine, what am I not satisfied with, the senior brothers who came with me are now in different places, and I am very fortunate that I can still survive if I am one step earlier. ”

Lan Ziyi listened to the rhetoric of the demon thief in Zheng Zhili's words, and his heart was inevitably heavy, and he said:

"I really didn't expect you to leave me that day and go to the thief."