The capital generally has a prison directly managed by the imperial court, the most famous is the prison of the criminal department and the prison of Dali Temple, which is just called a prison when combined, but the Song Dynasty is more special, the six departments have long been hollowed out, and the criminal department has no power, so naturally there is no more prison, and although Dali Temple has powers, it was canceled in the early Song Dynasty.

However, it is impossible for the capital to be free of prisons, so the Kaifeng Mansion Prison has become a prison directly managed by the imperial court, and almost all prisoners in the capital will be sent here, and the prison is also strictly hierarchical, and prisoners of different levels will also be held in different areas, such as Lei Yungong was escorted back, and he was imprisoned in the deepest part of the prison, which is also the place where death row prisoners are held.

Although Jin Shan is a relative of Lei Yungong, he is not a living prisoner, so he is only imprisoned in the middle area, Lu Wu is waiting outside, and Li Zhang, under the leadership of the prison man, passes through the narrow and dark passage, and the prisoners on both sides of the passage are all unkempt prisoners, and when Li Zhang comes in, he also attracts the attention of all the prisoners, and there are numbness, coldness, despair, etc., it can be said that almost all the most negative feelings in the world are concentrated here.

Li Zhang felt very uncomfortable, not because of the eyes of those prisoners, in fact, he basically ignored these eyes that did not have any real threat, but this prison is too smelly, after all, the prisoners eat, drink, and sleep in the cell, and it is estimated that the jailers here cannot clean it often, and as a result, over the years, all kinds of stench in this prison are intertwined, which can almost stun people.

In desperation, Li Zhang had to cover his nose with his sleeve, and at the same time secretly swore in his heart that he must not fall to the point of being imprisoned in the future, otherwise living in this environment would be worse than death.

After passing through the front area, I finally came to the area where Jinshan was imprisoned, compared to the previous area, this area is much cleaner, and the smell is not as strong as before, it is normal to think about it, because although the prisoners in this area are not lightly charged, but they are also killed, and even some officials who committed crimes are locked up here, maybe there will be a comeback in the future, so this is the best area in the prison.

When Li Zhang was taken to Jinshan's cell, he found that Jinshan's fat body in the cell was lying on straw, sleeping on his chest together, the conditions in the cell were a little worse, but it was a single cell, and the other cells were generally locked up with two people.

"Jin Shan, someone has come to visit you!" At this time, the prison man knocked on the fence of the cell and shouted, then nodded at Li Zhang, and then turned his head and went out, from now on, Li Zhang has half an hour to get along with Jin Shan.

Hearing the voice of the prison officer, Jin Shan inside finally woke up, and when he saw Li Zhang outside the cell, he immediately turned over and stood up, and then walked quickly to the prison door and said excitedly: "Li Zhang, why are you here, how are my mother and little sister?" ”

"Don't worry, Mrs. Jin and my little sister are living in my house now, but they are very worried about you, but now I see that although your conditions here are a little worse, at least they have not suffered any torture, I think they will also rest assured!" Li Zhang smiled and comforted at this time.

Hearing that his mother and sister were living in Li Zhang's house, Jin Shan couldn't help but sigh, after he was arrested, he knew that the family property would definitely not be saved, so he had been worried about Jin Xiaomei and them, and now he finally let go of a big stone in his heart.

"Thank you for your kindness, I really didn't mistake you as a friend!" Jin Shan also solemnly said to Li Zhang at this time, he has nothing now, but he still has a friend like Li Zhang, which makes him feel warm in his heart.

"What are you talking about between friends, I bought you a few dishes you like to eat on the way here, let's talk while eating!" Li Zhang also put down the food box in his hand at this time, he knew that the food in the prison would definitely not work, so he bought some food for Jinshan on the way.

"Haha~, you still know me!" Jin Shan saw that there was something to eat, and he was also in good spirits at the moment, the prison door could not be opened easily, so Li Zhang and Jin Shan sat opposite each other across the fence, and the food in the food box was also taken out in the same way, Jin Shan was not polite to Li Zhang, and picked up the chopsticks and ate a lot, it seems that no matter what kind of environment, it can't affect his appetite.

"I've already inquired about your case, so I shouldn't be worried about my life, but I'm likely to be exiled in the end." Li Zhang saw Jin Shan, who was so happy to eat, hesitated for a moment and finally decided to speak, although the end of the exile was also quite miserable, but for the current Jin Shan, it is better to know the result in advance than to be cranky now.

When Jin Shan heard Li Zhang's words, he couldn't help but pause for a moment while he was eating, and then said nonchalantly again: "I thought I would die this time, but I didn't expect to be able to save my life, but when I leave, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back, and then my mother and little sister will be entrusted to my brother You will take care of me on my behalf!" ”

"You don't have to worry about family affairs, as long as I am here, I will never let my little sister and them be wronged, but I can't interfere in your case, let alone know where you are going to be exiled, so I can only wait for the verdict to come down and make plans." When Li Zhang said the end, he couldn't help but sigh and said, he doesn't have many friends, Han Qi is counted as one, Jinshan is also counted as one, and the rest of Zhao Zhen, Huozi and Douzi can only be regarded as relatives.

"You don't have to worry too much about my business, as long as the little sisters are okay!" When Jin Shan said this, he lowered his head again and ate it, and Li Zhang didn't know what to say at this time.

After Jin Shan finished eating, Li Zhang chatted with him for a while, and Jin Shan asked him about the situation, especially Lei Yungong's current situation, but when he learned that Lei Yungong must die this time, he also sighed and didn't say anything more.

Half an hour passed quickly, and when the prison man came to pick up Li Zhang, Li Zhang also quietly pulled him aside, and then stuffed all the valuable things on his body to the prison man, and asked the other party to take care of Jin Shan, and this prison man also immediately became enthusiastic, and patted his chest at the moment and promised that he would definitely let Jin Shan eat and drink well here, and he would never suffer any grievances.

After leaving the Kaifeng Mansion Prison, it was getting late, Li Zhang also immediately returned home and told Mrs. Jin and Jin Xiaomei about Jinshan's situation.

However, Li Zhang could not stay at home for a long time, and the next morning, the carriage that picked him up came to the gate of his house, and in desperation, Li Zhang had to tell the family to take care of the Jin mother and daughter, and he left Tokyo City again to go to the Imperial Village.

"What's going on in the capital, is Lei Yungong dead?" As soon as Li Zhang returned to Huangzhuang, Hu Yan Shouxin found him to inquire about the news, after all, the news here in Huangzhuang is closed, and he doesn't know anything about the situation in the capital.

"Yes, although Lei Yungong is still only in custody, no matter what the outcome of the investigation is, he will definitely be dead." Li Zhang nodded immediately.

Just when Li Zhang left the capital, he had heard that the imperial court was going to send officials to the imperial tomb to investigate Lei Yungong's matter, but there seemed to be some problems with the selection of this official, it is estimated that Liu E and Ding Wei both had their own plans, so there would be disagreements, and now it depends on which of them can win, but no matter who wins, Lei Yungong will inevitably die.

"Who would have thought that a few days ago, he was a hot eunuch, but because of such an incident, he would end up like this." Hu Yan Shouxin couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

When he said this, he saw that Hu Yan Shouxin seemed to think of something, and he spoke again at the moment: "Speaking of which, although our Great Song Dynasty emphasizes literature over military force, the treatment of military generals is better than that of civilian officials, and military generals do not have to intrigue in the court like those civil ministers, but it also reduces a lot of trouble." ”

"However, the military management of the Great Song Dynasty has been chaotic, and the combat power has plummeted, and our Great Song Dynasty raises millions of soldiers every year, but it is still in a weak military position, and the fundamental reason is that the generals have no power in their hands!" Li Zhang retorted with some emotion when he heard Hu Yan Shouxin.

As soon as Li Zhang's words came out, Hu Yan Shouxin couldn't help but look at him with surprise, and then sighed and said: "We all understand this truth, but this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu at the beginning. ”

"Isn't there anyone who wants to change that?" Li Zhang frowned when he heard this, if he even accepted his fate, it would be even more difficult to change this situation.

"Why not, in fact, when Emperor Taizu released the military power with a glass of wine, although everyone handed over the military power on the surface, there were still many people who were unwilling in secret, and in the end, all these unwilling people were killed by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, and the rest were honest people who accepted their fate." Hu Yan Shouxin also spread his hands when he said this, and made a very helpless expression and said, Originally, if these words were spread, it would be enough to cure him of a great crime of disrespect, but he trusted Li Zhang very much.

Li Zhang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, Zhao Kuangyin was not in the right position, so he was worried that his generals would learn from him when he ascended the throne, and the result was that he tried his best to suppress the generals, coupled with the arrogance of the martial artists at the end of the Tang Dynasty, which made the Great Song Dynasty extremely vigilant against the generals, which also led to the current situation, and anyone who wants to change can only be powerless.

In the next few days, Li Zhang resumed his daily days of taking care of potatoes, but on this day, an unexpected visitor suddenly came to Huangzhuang.