The next morning, Zhao Yan in the edict prison was weak, his lips had peeled due to lack of water, he was closing his eyes and trying to make more saliva secrete in his mouth, and the head of the edict prison walked in with a basket of fragrant meals.

"Tsk, Zhao Shuchang, I didn't say you, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, what's wrong with you just lowering your head?" The cell boss put the meals on the table one by one, and then looked at Zhao Yan with 'regret', and continued to persuade: "Speaking of which, we are still our own family, my old Zhao has been on duty in this edict prison for nearly 20 years, and I have seen more hard bones. You urinated into the Jinshi at such a young age, and also entered the Hanlin Academy, as long as you survive for a few years, and someone above mentions something, the future will definitely be immeasurable, why bother with our commander and Mao Gonggong? ”

Zhao Yan opened his eyes because of the aroma of the food, he turned his head to look at the rough face of the cell head, and then looked at the still steaming food, and tried to get up with his hands on the ground.

Zhao Yan didn't speak after standing up, staggered a few steps to the table, picked up chopsticks and began to eat, he didn't want to eat quickly, he was choked, and stretched out his hand to the cell head, and said, "Water." ”

The cell boss trotted to get water for Zhao Yan, and then watched Zhao Yan quickly eat most of the dishes with a smile on his face.

When Zhao Yan had eaten and drunk enough and had enough strength in his body, he stretched his clothes across the room and said, "I injured my skin and flesh while riding a horse yesterday, you go and find a doctor for me." ”

Hearing this, the cell leader hesitated: "Zhao Shuchang is willing to serve our commander?" ”

Zhao Yan waved his hand dispensably: "I have an injury in my body, and my muscles and bones are weak, so I will talk about it when the injury is healed." ”

The cell boss hesitated, and he didn't know whether to report to Ma Shun, the commander of Jinyiwei, or if he really went to ask Zhao Yan for a doctor.

Ma Shun was sitting in the hall, and when he heard a report that the young man in the edict prison was relieved, he was immediately overjoyed, and when he hurried to the edict prison, he ran into the doctor treating Zhao Yan's injuries, and he felt that he was not in a hurry at this moment, so he stood quietly outside the cell and waited.

After a stick of incense, the old doctor bandaged Zhao Yan's wound medicine, and then picked up his medicine box and hurried away, thinking that he had been a doctor for forty years, and he usually didn't dare to pass by the gate of this edict prison when he walked, and he never thought that he would be 'invited' into the edict prison to treat his injuries one day, which was really strange.

Ma Shun strode into the cell and said with a smile: "Zhao Shuchang finally wants to open, and the old man is very happy." ”

Zhao Yan was half-lying on the futon, and was surprised when he heard this: "What do you want to open?" Commander Ma was afraid that he had misunderstood, so he only said that he had cured the injury and considered it. ”

Ma Shun was stunned, and then turned his head to look at the cell head, his eyes full of calm.

The cold sweat on the cell boss's forehead suddenly broke out: "Zhao Shuchang, you ......"

Ma Shun waved his hand, and the cell boss suddenly didn't dare to speak, and then Ma Shun suddenly sneered: "Zhao Shuchang, since you toast and don't eat and drink, the official has nothing to say." Lao Zhao, let the people below put out all the torture instruments, and today the official wants to see Zhao Shu often punished. ”

The cell boss Zhao glanced at Zhao Yan hatefully when he heard this, and then happily beckoned people to move all kinds of torture instruments over.

The prison guards brought more than twenty kinds of torture tools, and then laid them out one by one in front of Zhao Yan, these torture tools seemed to be some years old, and they seemed to be used frequently, and they were all filled with a mottled blood-colored aura, which made ordinary people feel depressed.

Ma Shun looked at Zhao Yan's pale face, and said with a smile: "Zhao Shuchang, this official is not a fool, he has read countless people for decades, so he can naturally see that you are not the kind of reader who can drill the tip of the horns, if you are really that kind of nerd, you will not turn Lao Zhao around today." This official and Brother Mao are just asking you to write some stories, although there are a few bumps in the way, but they did not hurt Zhao Shuchang, nor did they implicate your family, which shows the sincerity of the two of us. ”

Zhao Yan withdrew his gaze from those mottled torture instruments, and felt a little drumming in his heart, saying in his heart that he was really a bit stupid to read, and the hero didn't suffer the losses in front of him, should he take the opportunity to follow Ma Shun, but if he was scared and scared, he would be soft, wouldn't he be very faceless?

Ma Shun said again: "So far, Zhao Shu Chang is just unable to wipe off his face, but Zhao Shu Chang has ever thought about whether face is important or life is important? As long as Zhao Shuchang agrees to come down, the official and Brother Mao have curry favor with the prince, and naturally they will not treat you badly, although those clear streams in the Hanlin Courtyard are stinky and hard, and the two of us can't reach out for the time being, but there are many seats suitable for Zhao Shuchang in other places, even if they go down to the state capital. The old man finally gave Zhao Shu a chance, if you agreed tomorrow, it would be fine, otherwise, even if you die in my prison, the old man will not even be damaged. ”

Ma Shun has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and although the art of speaking is not as good as those civil officials, he is not far behind.

Zhao Yan was indeed a little tempted to tell the truth, but what made him tempted was not the big cake that Ma Shun painted for him, but the torture instruments placed on the ground, he was just not angry at first Ma Shun and the two put themselves in the edict for a mere story, at that time I thought about it and only felt ridiculous, but after a night I began to face the reality, Zhao Yan naturally found that he was already at an absolute disadvantage, unless there was a miracle, otherwise he was a little shrimp, and he would definitely not be able to escape the bloody mouth of Ma Shun and Mao Gui.

Do you say yes or no? If you agree, even if you are not a native of this era, you are from the soul of the next generation, but the future generations are also disciplined and persistent, but if you don't agree, you will suffer from the flesh and skin, and it hurts......

Jin Yiwei commanded Tongzhi Li Jian to be not well-known in the capital, even if there are not many people who have seen this Li Tongzhi in Jinyiwei, it can be said that he is quite low-key in doing things.

Zhao Xin took Li Er to the capital quickly, and on the way he listened to Li Er talk about the relationship between Zhao Yan and Li Xun, and Li Xun's father was a big official in Jinyiwei, and he was overjoyed.

Li Jian treated Zhao Xin quite kindly, but he made a helpless look about Zhao Yan's matter, and in the end, seeing that Li Xin had no intention of making a move, Zhao Xin could only leave.

Not far away from Li Jian's mansion in frustration, someone behind him suddenly stopped Zhao Xin and the two, turned his head and looked, it turned out to be the housekeeper of Li Jian's mansion, Zhao Xin only knew that he was also surnamed Li, but he didn't know what his name was.

"Steward Li called me to live down, I don't know what's going on?" Although Zhao Xin complained about Li Yan's refusal to help, he didn't dare to show anything in front of his housekeeper, after all, the Zhao family and the Li family were not on the same order of magnitude at all, and Zhao Yan's side did not have an eyebrow on his side, and it was unwise to offend Li Jian, the commander, for nothing.

Steward Li pulled Zhao Xin to the corner of the street and said in a low voice: "Don't blame Mr. Zhao, my second son and Ling Lang have a good relationship, and the master naturally knows about it, but this matter is too deeply involved, and even my master doesn't dare to make a random move, otherwise he may suffer from the pond fish." ”

Zhao Xin smiled when he heard this: "Li Tongzhi has a heart, and Zhao is quite grateful." ”

"Huh." Steward Li chuckled twice and continued: "Although it is inconvenient for my master to make a move, he can point out a clear path for Mr. Zhao, and maybe he can rescue Ling Lang." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Xin to speak, Steward Li said again: "Ling Lang is the current branch jinshi, the seat teacher is the current cabinet university scholar Cao Nai, the fang master is Yao Kui in the official department, the student and the teacher, that is the relationship between broken bones and tendons, why don't Mr. Zhao ask for help from the two of them?" ”

Cao Nai, as a cabinet scholar, was naturally not something that Zhao Xin could see if he wanted to, so he could only retreat and go to the official department to pay a visit to Yao Kui's mansion in the matter.

In the six sections, he is in charge of the attendants, admonishes, supplements, relics, and inspectors...... In addition to being able to inspect the failures of the six ministries and hundreds of officials, such as acting as officials participating in examinations at all levels, and activities that only officials from various ministries and halls can participate in, such as court meetings and court pushes, must also have these officials of the seventh grade to participate, which shows the weight of their powers.

At this time, in the evening, Yao Kui returned home and happened to meet Zhao Xin and the two who came to ask for help, after a conversation, I heard that Zhao Yan was inexplicably thrown into the edict prison, Yao Kui suddenly felt that there was a secret in this matter, so he simply invited Zhao Xin and the two into the house to ask what happened.

After listening to Zhao Xin's narration, Yao Kui pondered for a moment before saying: "Zhao Yuanwai was able to find the official mansion, I think Zhao Shu often told you about his relationship with the official. To tell the truth, this teacher and the master of the house have never been valued by the official, this is the malaise of the imperial examination, and in the long run, everyone will be connected in the name of teachers and students, and there will be trouble......"

Zhao Xinzhong's confidence sank, only to feel that it was dark in front of him, but fortunately, Yao Kui's next words made him see hope again.

"However, if the official does not know about this matter, he will not sit idly by. Zhao Yuanwai, let's go back first, this official will write a sparse song, the righteousness between heaven and earth has not been overwhelmed by the evil qi. ”

Zhao Xin thanked him for leaving, Yao Kui walked into the small study and sat down, his wife was quite interested, saw her husband in the study closed his eyes and pondered, knowing that he was thinking about things, so he sat quietly under the eaves with the soles of his shoes, occasionally glanced at her husband through the window, and then turned her head and continued to work on the work in hand.

"Mother, it's getting late at this time, let's make these shoes tomorrow during the day." A fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy walked out of the side room, shaking his sore wrist from practicing calligraphy, while watching his mother persuade.

The boy was followed by a half-grown boy of about ten years old, who also flicked his wrists like his older brother, but although the movements were the same, compared to his brother, the half-grown boy's eyes were more agile.

"yes. Mother, my brother and I are almost hungry, let's eat first. ”