Of course, the guards of the palace are responsible for security work, and of course such a trivial matter as finding a doctor is done by the maids and servants, so Ma Du can't help but be surprised.

Sure enough, the guard took Ma Du out of the palace through the back door, and outside was a narrow alley, the high walls of the palace blocked the sunlight, and the alley was gloomy, Ma Du asked vigilantly: "Where are you taking me?" He held a knife in his sleeve and secretly prepared.

Who knew that the guard smiled and said, "Don't worry, the doctor is in the courtyard over there, and you can walk two steps away." As he spoke, he walked on to himself, as if he were trying to make some kind of machination.

After walking only a dozen steps, he saw that he went directly into the courtyard, which was not big, but the wall was very high, and as soon as he entered the door, another guard asked him, "Has the doctor invited you?" ”

The guard who invited Ma Du to come whispered: "Please, the doctor of the palace doesn't need to spend money." This will save a lot of money, and in the evening we can go out for a few drinks. ”

He turned around and saw Ma Du standing at the door and hesitated, and greeted warmly: "Don't be afraid, the doctor is here, and I promise not to let these prisoners hurt you in the slightest." ”

Ah, this is really a prison cell, and it is set up next to the palace, and the guards are all palace guards, and the prisoners inside must be more important.

Ma Du's heart relaxed, and he sneered at the guard: "I am the doctor of the palace, and I am responsible for treating the princess, the princess, and the prince, and I was actually brought here to treat the prisoners, where do you put the face of the palace?" ”

The guard guarding the door was immediately unhappy, "What are you proud of, isn't it just a little Langzhong, seeing that you are young and have few skills, and you don't know how to sneak into the palace." ”

The guard who went to invite Ma Du glared at him fiercely, and muttered in a low voice: "What are you shouting, he is Shen Wansan's cousin, we can't afford to offend, and he cured the second prince's illness, he must have some ability, and if he is angry, we will have to spend another money to invite others." ”

The guard turned his head and apologized to Ma Du again: "This kid is not sensible, and you have a lot of adults, so don't be like him." The people who are being detained here are all important criminals, if they die, the prince blames us and we can't afford to bear the guilt, we can't believe in those wild men outside, your medical skills are so good that even the famous doctor Chen can't compare, and you will be able to cure the disease ......"

The guard was able to break it, and pulled Ma Du to go inside while talking, Ma Du said reluctantly: "Okay, I'll go with you to take a look, if you can't cure it, don't rely on me." ”

This courtyard is not big, but it is very deep inside, every house is closed doors and windows, the dilapidated window paper is yellow, it should not have been pasted for many years, looking inside through the window lattice, it is dark, and you can't see anything. But there was a faint wail or moaning, and by listening to the sound, you knew that the people inside were tortured and would die soon.

The guard took Madu to stop in a fairly neat room, and when he unlocked the door with the key, a foul smell wafted out of the room, which made Madu almost nauseous, and a few rats scurried around when they saw someone coming in, and in a blink of an eye they ran away.

The room was empty, only a large cage made of wooden fences, and there was a person lying reclining in the cage.

I saw a person lying in the cage, his face was pale, his forehead was full of cold sweat, his hair and beard were very messy, especially the beard had grown to his chest, and it seemed that he had been locked up for a long time.

To Ma Du's surprise, he was wearing a shirt, a red short brown, which Ma Du was all too familiar with, and it was the standard uniform of the Red Turban Army. Under Lao Zhu's command, whether it is a general or a pawn, he will definitely wear such a dress in his armor when he goes out to fight.

However, his short brown has obviously been worn for a long time, it is full of filth, tattered and rotten, and the color has faded badly, I am afraid that it has been some years.

However, it was not only Lao Zhu who wore this short brown before, Liu Futong and Chen Youliang's soldiers also wore the same clothes, and they didn't know which side he belonged to.

The possibility of Chen Youliang is very small, Zhang and Chen have long secretly dealt with Lao Zhu, who were once quasi-allies, and Zhang Shicheng is unlikely to detain Chen Youliang's people.

Liu Futong's people are also unlikely, he only fought with Zhang Shicheng in Anfeng, and Liu Futong died a long time ago like Chen Youliang, and his subordinates didn't have to resist and still didn't surrender.

It is most likely Lao Zhu's person, the two have fought the most and have more contacts, Zhang Shicheng once detained Ma Du's great enemy Yang Xian.

Ma Du has a weak heart, could it be that Zhang Shicheng can't be honest with me, and specially arranged to come out to test me?

"Alas, the doctor has invited you, hurry up and stretch out your hand and let the doctor check your pulse!" The guards slammed their scabbards against the wooden fence.

The prisoner gave the guard a fierce look, looked rather haughty, turned his head to the side, pulled a shabby quilt over his body, and continued to hold his arms and tremble.

"You're still on your face!" As he spoke, the guard slammed his scabbard at him.

The prisoner didn't dodge, he let the guards beat him, and sneered: "Don't come to the void, give me a good time with a bright knife, he will break your body into pieces when he captures Pingjiang every day, and avenge this handsome!" ”

His face was hideous, his voice was loud, and his words were full of pride, without a trace of sickness. The key is that he also speaks Huaixi dialect, most of Lao Zhu's subordinates are Huaixi people, and Ma Du is very familiar with Huaixi dialect.

Could it be that he is really Lao Zhu's subordinate, and when he heard him call himself handsome, he wanted to be an official. The "Pingzhang" in his mouth refers to Chang Yuchun, he is in a cage and knows that Chang Yuchun has come to fight Pingjiang?

Ma Du didn't know that the Pingzhang in the prisoner's mouth was referring to Lao Zhu himself, and the Longfeng Imperial Court had named Lao Zhu as the Pingzhang of Jiangnan and other places, but this was almost ten years old, and Ma Du naturally didn't know.

Seeing that the prisoner in the cage was beaten to the point that he had no breath in and out, Ma Du hugged his arms on the side and said coldly: "If you beat him hard and kill him directly, I will save trouble." ”

When the guard heard this, he stopped, and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on him through the fence, he opened the fence gate, and said to Ma Du with a smile: "This guy is not in any danger now, please deign to show him." ”

Ma Du covered his nose with his sleeves again, pretending to be disgusted, "I'm the doctor of the palace, how can you let me come to this kind of place to treat prisoners, look at the feces and urine all over the ground, it's really stinky." ”

The guard smiled again: "You have to bear more, this is a serious offender, if you want to die in vain, we really can't explain to the prince!" ”

(There are two more monthly passes today, I don't know who gave it, please leave a message in the comments to tell me)