Jin Yiwei commanded Tongzhi Li Xuan, that is, Li Xun's father, Zhao Yan had never even seen face-to-face, and he was not sure that this Li Tongzhi would reach out and pull him, but at this point, Zhao Yan naturally would not say what he thought in his heart, but with this Li Tongzhi, he would not be isolated in the edict, at least he could leave a glimmer of hope in his heart.

The edict prison is also known as the Jinyi Prison, which is handled by the Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Division, can directly torture and plunder the torture, take the order to act, the criminal department, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other three legal divisions have no right to interrogate, the prison is invulnerable, the epidemic is full of prisons, and the criminal law is extremely cruel, the punishment has fingers, sticks, skinning, tongues, broken spine, fallen fingers, piercing the heart, pipa and other eighteen kinds, the history says: "The criminal law is self-evident, not the ancient system, the court staff, the east and west factory, the brocade guard, the town of the prison is already." It is a number of people, who kill people to the worst, and do not obey the law. ”

Legend has it that as long as the people who enter the Jinyi Prison can rarely come out alive, Zhao Yan, a person who knows a little about history, naturally knows that it is impossible to say that he is not afraid of nature, but people are swords and I am fish and meat, and in desperation, Zhao Yan had to be escorted into this notorious Jinyi Prison by the guards.

In fact, there is not much difference between the Imperial Prison and the ordinary prison, the reason why it is famous is because of its particularity, in addition, the prisoners in its custody are mostly officials and nobles, and the literati have passed down the pen and ink, and after a long time, even ordinary people have heard the name of the Imperial Prison and changed color.

I don't know why, Zhao Yan's treatment is not bad, although the cell he is in is not big, but it is quite clean, especially there is a bright window on the side of the cell, there is a desk under the window, there is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, as for the bed, there is not, but there are two neat bedding stacked in the corner next to the wall, even if it is covered on the ground, it is not cold.

Soon after Zhao Yan was taken to the cell, someone brought the food, and it was surprising that the food in the cell was all meat and vegetarian, and the taste was not bad.

The brocade-clothed guard who delivered the meal looked at Zhao Yan very carefully, then turned around and left, and only said to his companion when he returned to the duty room: "I don't know whose relationship is that newcomer left, I was afraid that he would not eat well, so I asked us to go to Baiwei Building to buy him ready-made meals, I have been on duty in the edict for five or six years, and it is the first time I have seen such a strange thing." ”

The companion smiled: "It's the first time I've seen him, but I heard that this person was personally interrogated by the commander, maybe it has something to do with the temple battle." ”

Zhao Yan was indeed hungry, but he had no appetite, he thought that the treatment in the edict was like this, after all, it was the main place where officials and nobles were held, so he did not suspect it.

Spreading out the bedding with difficulty, Zhao Yan lay on his back, although his heart was full of thoughts, the fatigue of his body still made him fall asleep quickly.

I don't know how long I slept after sleeping, Zhao Yan vaguely heard the footsteps of several people outside, and at the same time, there was a flattering voice in his ears: "Commander, Gonggong Mao, why did you two come here in person?" The prisoner was in the cell in front of him, and he was sleeping because he hadn't even eaten. ”

The footsteps stopped, Zhao Yan opened his eyes, and happened to take a face with the two people in the lead.

Standing on the left is a middle-aged man about forty years old, not tall, slightly belly, although he is only wearing an ordinary foreign uniform, but the momentum is extraordinary, this person is the contemporary Jinyi Guard commander Ma Shun.

The person on the right looks to be in his thirties, lean and lean, ordinary-looking, slightly hunchbacked, wearing a round-necked soap robe, but his momentum is far worse than the middle-aged man next to him, naturally it is Mao Gui, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory.

The two stood in front of the cell and looked at Zhao Yan quietly, Ma Shun's eyes were very good, and he had already found that Zhao Yan was awake, so he said lightly: "Zhao Shu often lives here, but is he still used to it?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Yan to speak, Ma Shun said to Mao Gui again: "Brother Mao, I brought it to you, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?" Although this person is only a small Hanlin Yuan Jishi, but he belongs to the clear stream, if those people in the court know that my brother and I have taken him to the edict for no reason, I am afraid that it will be ......"

Mao Gui smiled, and he didn't shy away from it, and said in front of Zhao Yan: "Old Ma, if it weren't for the fact that we don't have a cell in Dongchang, and we have to avoid Wang Changsui's house, we will definitely not be able to share your share of this matter." ”

Ma Shun frowned slightly, he had heard a lot about the dirty relationship between Mao Gui and Wang Changsui, and he didn't want to get involved in it in his heart, but this time Mao Gui came in person in a hurry to ask him to help him arrest people, because of the situation, Ma Shun was inconvenient to refuse, and now he wants to see what Mao Gui can say that is good for him.

"Old Ma, we can be in front of people now, why are you doing it?" Mao Gui sold a pass.

Ma Shun said in passing: "Naturally, it depends on the support of the prince. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for my father, my lord, and his old man, you and I, including Wang Changsui, wouldn't know which corner to live in." Mao Gui sighed, and said: "Now that my father is old, he still has to take care of everything every day, helping His Majesty take care of things in and out of the palace, it's really tiring!" I, as a son, see it in my eyes and hurt in my heart, and I hate to replace my father with my father, so that my father can rest and rest. ”

Zhao Yan felt a little sick to his stomach, but his stomach was empty, his mouth was dry and he couldn't even spit, and he couldn't spit it out if he wanted to.

Ma Shun was quite applauded, nodded and said: "That's natural, the prince and His Majesty are like father and son, and they are doing their best for Your Majesty's country, which makes me, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, very admired and ashamed." ”

After saying a few words of nonsense, Mao Gui finally turned to the topic: "Father, he has no other pastime, so he likes to find a few miscellaneous books after getting off duty, two days ago I found a copy of "The Legend of the White Snake" on the street and sent it to the palace, my father liked it very much, but unfortunately there are only a few chapters in this book, but the follow-up story is gone, which makes my father very worried. ”

After speaking, Mao Gui asked Zhao Yan with a smile: "Zhao Shuchang, you wrote that book, right?" The subordinates said that your family was not prosperous, and it was just a mud leg in the countryside, and you were the only one who had the talent to write a script. ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, Ma Shun was also not much better, he glanced at Zhao Yan in the cell, turned his head to Mao Gui and asked, "Just for a miscellaneous book?" ”

Mao Gui looked at Ma Shun with hatred and said excitedly: "Old Ma, think about it carefully." This kid was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of eighteen, and in his spare time, he can write a book that even his father likes when he reads it, so he must have something in his stomach. Since he can write "The Legend of the White Snake", he will definitely be able to write "The Legend of the Green Snake" and "The Legend of the Vegetable Snake" in the future, as long as we can hold him in our hands and let him write miscellaneous books for my father, wouldn't my father be more important to you and me? At that time, how can there be Wang Changsui and Cao Jixiang's pickled goods. ”

Ma Shun pointed through Mao Guiyi's point, and suddenly realized that he was born at the bottom, stupid by nature, if it wasn't for Wang Zhen's eyes by accident, he wouldn't have been able to climb the position of Jinyiwei commander in ten lifetimes, so he usually stammered Wang Zhen in every way, but no one pointed him out, and four or five times out of ten patted on the horse's legs, if it weren't for his biggest advantage being obedient, he, the commander of Jinyiwei, might have been replaced a long time ago.

At this time, Mao Gui analyzed it like this, and Ma Shun's eyes when he looked at Zhao Yan suddenly changed.

Seeing Mao Gui and Ma Shun looking at him at the same time again, Zhao Yan was angry and angry in his heart, he didn't expect to plagiarize other people's novels when he had nothing to do, what the hell is this called, he is crossing the crowd.

"How? It's getting late today, how about Zhao Shuchang start writing early tomorrow morning? Mao Gui looked at Zhao Yan with a smile and said.

Zhao Yan grabbed a handful of soil and threw it at Mao Gui, and said angrily: "Dog thing, I will paralyze you, you have a child without **, I ......"

Mao Gui was not angry at all, and still smiled and said to Ma Shun: "I didn't expect Xinke Jinshi to scold people, it's the first time we've seen you." Old horse, let's go, let's go outside for a few drinks, as for this Zhao Shuchang, it depends on how your subordinates fiddle. ”

Ma Shun nodded, and while turning around with Mao Gui and walking outside, he asked, "Brother Mao, I heard that one of your men died this time?" ”

Mao Gui snorted and said, "Bad luck, we are very serious about that short-lived ghost on weekdays, who knew that there was a sheep's horn wind, and he died before he did anything for us." ”

Ma Shun said: "I heard that the head card of the Cui Building is your ...... who blocked the head to redeem it."

Mao Gui scolded with a smile: "You have seven or eight concubines, can you afford to eat?" ”

Ma Shun: "Hehe, brother, I have this hobby, the money belongs to Brother Mao, and the people belong to me, how about it?" ”

The footsteps of the two gradually faded away, and Zhao Yan felt uneasy, as long as he thought that he had hundreds of years of knowledge in vain ahead of this era, and he actually fell into this step, he felt really embarrassed.

"Tut, I really don't know what to do, the prince who has the opportunity to get into the palace doesn't know how to cherish it, it seems that he is really stupid to read." A prison guard opened the cell door and walked in, while cleaning up the untouched food on the table, he sneered at Zhao Yan: "Our cell boss ordered, starve you for a day or two first, if you don't agree, then you will be punished, you small appearance of fine skin and tender meat, I'm afraid you won't even be able to survive the first two big punishments." ”

"Don't worry." Zhao Yan licked his chapped lips, looked at the night sky outside through the window, and fell asleep again unconsciously, he didn't know how long he could last, death was just the best way to test a person's will.