When leaving Taiping Lake, Cao Yuying, King Rui, and Tulin were divided into two groups, and Cao Yuying had another mission to do.

In front of the gate of the government office, Song Shenghuan, the governor of the government, with a group of officials and errands, has been waiting for a long time.

Zongren Mansion is nominally "in charge of the school's Chinese books", but in fact is responsible for the general affairs of the entire Zongren Mansion; The Zongzheng, Zongling, and Zongren of the Zongren Mansion must be served by the princes, and under them, the Fucheng is the first person in the Zongren Mansion.

Interestingly, the Zongren Mansion is in charge of the clan and Jueluo, and the chief steward of the Zongren Mansion is customized for the Han people - otherwise, how can he "take charge of the Chinese books"?

The reason for this arrangement is that the Manchus have their own banners, and the Zongren Mansion is in charge of the clan, Jueluo's admonitions, rewards and punishments, and if the Mansion is held by the Manchus, there may be a situation of favoritism towards the flag and the clan, especially if the criminal trap is actually their own master, it is easy to get off the line, and the Han people are the Mansion Cheng, but it is easier to level the bowl of water.

The prisoner car drove directly into the gate, King Rui gave Song Shenghuan a few detailed explanations, Song Shenghuan nodded and said: "Don't worry, the prince can't go wrong!" ”

Then, he stepped forward in person, lifted the curtain of the prisoner car, and said, "Seventh Prince, please come down!" ”

King Alcohol cut his hands back, bent over, and stood up, Song Shenghuan wanted to reach out to help, but King Alcohol said coldly: "No need!" ”

Song Shenghuan had no choice but to retract his hand.

King Alcohol got out of the car cautiously, but he didn't hesitate or anything.

King Rui looked at Lin, Túrin nodded, and a soldier of the Xuan Army stepped forward and untied the cowhide strap on King Alcohol's wrist.

King Alcohol moved his sour wrist and said self-deprecatingly: "Okay, I'm going to live in a 'vacant room' too!" ”

The house used by the Zongren Mansion to confinish the criminal clan and Jueluo is called "Vacant House" - this is not a common name, it is an official name.

Song Shenghuan said with a smile: "The house prepared by the lower official for the Seventh Prince is a separate courtyard, whether it is a house or a yard, it is very spacious!" ”

The alcohol king snorted and said, "It's 'behind', right?" ”

Song Shenghuan was stunned for a moment: "Yes." ”

"I know—the 'high wall'!"

After a slight pause, he sneered, "How many years have I been thundering, and I am fortunate to see it today!" ”

Song Shenghuan stopped talking.

The so-called "high wall" refers to a courtyard at the back of the Zongren Mansion.

The pattern of the entire Zongren Mansion is to sit east and face west, but there is only this "high wall", sitting west and facing east. Although facing east, except for a short period of midday, there is no sunlight all day - the "high wall" lives up to its name, and the surrounding walls, far higher than the roof, block all sunlight.

This "high wall" has always been used to encircle and confine the highest-ranking important criminals in the clan. For example, at the time of the Xinyou coup, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Sushun were imprisoned in the "high wall" - Su Shun was directly sent from the "high wall" to the vegetable market, and Zaiyuan and Duanhua were given to commit suicide in the "high wall".

Ironically, six years ago, Su Shun was personally escorted by King Alcohol and sent to the Zongren Mansion to be encircled in the "high wall".

It's like a world away.

King Rui sighed and said: "Seventh Uncle, if you come, you will be safe, if you don't have to say it, don't say what you shouldn't say, this is not only good for you, but also good for Aunt Seventh - this is my heartfelt words, I hope you Jiana!" ”

King Alcohol raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth, wanting to refute something, but finally remained silent.

Song Shenghuan took a director, a deputy director, a director, two pen posts, and six people escorted the alcohol king to the "high wall".

The heavy wooden door "creaked" open, and a cold, damp, slightly rotten smell came to the face, making people unspeakably uncomfortable.

The alcohol king couldn't help but wrinkle his nose, and the composure he had maintained was suddenly loosened, and his heart was "pounding".

The house is still relatively spacious, but it is quite dilapidated, and the wall ash is peeling, revealing the wall tiles. The green bricks on the ground are uneven, and under the reflection of the lanterns, it can be seen that there is thick moss in the brick joints.

A cold breath rose from the soles of his feet, and the alcohol king shivered slightly.

Fortunately, the light is dim, and more details cannot be seen clearly, otherwise, the alcohol king may tremble even more.

If it was daytime, you could see that the ground, the roots of the walls, and many places were faintly covered with dark red spots—they were bloodstains.

This room, really called the "empty room", has four walls, there is not a table or a bench, only on the ground at the root of the west wall, a thick layer of thatch, and a straw mat on it.

The eyes, eyebrows, and nose of the alcohol king were all wrinkled together.

He didn't know that this was already a special care for him, if the one who entered the "empty room" was an idle clan, there must be no thatch, whether there was a mat or not, it depended on human feelings, anyway, it was not cold now, even if you slept on the cold brick floor, it would not necessarily freeze you to death.

The alcohol king barely controlled his trembling, calmed down slightly, and said something like this: "This kind of place...... How do you live in people? ”

As soon as the words came out, he knew that something was wrong, his face flushed slightly, and he said to Song Shenghuan: "Uh, I mean, there is no cover!" This one...... Uh, can I bother you and send someone to my house and have someone bring me a bunk? ”

After a pause, he grinned, and tried to make a self-deprecating smile, "The home is copied, but if you cover it or something, it won't be 'gone'!" ”

Song Shenghuan said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient. I estimate that as soon as the day dawns, the house will send the bedding and utensils over - this day, it is about to dawn, and it is only half an hour or an hour, please be patient, wait a while. ”

After a pause, "If the prince doesn't have any other instructions, the lower official will retire." ”

With that, he didn't wait for any "other orders" from the alcohol king, and withdrew, and the heavy wooden door "creaked" shut, and the darkness immediately flooded the whole room.

There was a "click" outside the door - it was the sound of locking.

King Alcohol couldn't help but panic, hurriedly walked to the window, and shouted loudly: "Please wait!" ”

Song Shenghuan turned around: "Does the prince have any other orders?" ”

"Here...... It's too dark," said the Alcohol King, "can you ...... Bring a lamp? ”

"Back to the prince," Song Shenghuan said, "In a place like 'vacant room', except for writing 'Fu Wei', you can't light the lamp." ”

The alcohol king's heart froze, and he couldn't speak.

Song Shenghuan and Yizheng and the two directors went out of the courtyard, leaving a director and two pen posts, with errand officers, taking care of the "empty room" - this formation is really not small.

Outside the window, there were always two errand servants, the chief and the pen, who stayed in the ear room that was the straight house, and after a while, they paced over, and through the window, they took a few glances at the "empty room" with the lantern under the eaves.

The Alcohol King sat down on the mat in a daze.

In the midst of the darkness, a strange feeling immediately arose: the walls around him became even taller, like four giants, surrounding him and leaning down towards him.

The huge coercion made the alcohol king suddenly feel that he was extremely weak, powerless and insignificant.

He hugged his knees, and the thought that had plagued him for half a night came up again: where was the incident not secret, and the news leaked?

Poor our King of the Alcohol County, so far, he did not expect that as soon as the meeting of the "Qingjun Side" was dispersed, his three battalion wingmen would rush to betray him.

King Alcohol thought again, I don't know if Mr. Liu has anything to do?

He never put Mr. Liu on the table, he ran for himself outside, and he did it in private, and the outside world probably didn't know that there was such a master in the Alcohol Palace...... Besides, even if the whole door is copied, there is no reason to implicate Xixi......

Well, if Mr. Liu is safe and sound......

In the darkness, King Alcohol's eyes lit up: If Mr. Liu hadn't been in trouble, he would naturally contact Rong Zhonghua, Enlupu, and Wenqizhong, and then—

Urgent!

The imagination of the alcohol king is becoming more and more realistic: Liu, Rong, En, and Wen gathered the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and shouted: "For the Lu family, the right for the Lu family, for the Liu family!" "-Ah, no, it should be shouted, "For the right side of the Guan family, for the one who loves the Xinjue Luo family...... Uh, for the king of the alcohol county! ”

As a result, all three armies are on the left!

The blood on the alcohol king's body was hot, he spit out a breath of turbidity, "whew", and stood up.

The movement in the room attracted the attention of the errand outside the window, and through the window lattice, he looked curiously and vigilantly at the alcohol king pacing around the room.

King Alcohol thought: Perhaps, at this time, the "Weiyuan Team" has already invaded the Forbidden City, and the other battalions are disarming the Xuan army in the rest of the country one by one!

Perhaps, as soon as the morning dawns, Mr. Liu will lead the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to the Zongren Mansion and ...... himself The Tiger is out!

Rebel and capture, prostrate at his feet, trembling.

The courtiers shouted long live, and worshiped themselves as gods.

Rebuild the universe and look up to it forever!

Hahaha!

The Alcohol King couldn't help but laugh.

The two errand officers outside the window were stunned for a moment, and glanced at each other, and one of the older errand officers shouted tentatively: "Lord Wang! ”

The alcohol king laughed endlessly.

The two officers were shocked: the king of alcohol would not ...... Guilty of phlegm, right?

When the head of the ear room and the pen post style came to report, the laughter of the alcohol king had stopped, but there were still words in his mouth, but he couldn't hear what he was saying.

"My lord," said the master, "do you have anything to command?" ”

"Nope!"

After a pause, "Don't bother me!" ”

The principal and the pen are aimed at each other: forget it, then I won't bother you.

In King Alcohol's mind, there was such a thought: As for this Zongren Mansion...... Forget it, forget it, although it is said that from that mansion down, all of them are yin and yang, but there is nothing really rude, they are also acting on orders, and there are a lot of people in this king, so I don't care about them.

Looking forward to the dawn, looking forward to the dawn.

It was finally dawn.

However, what King Alcohol was waiting for was not Mr. Liu, who led the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, but the bedding and utensils sent by his family.

*(To be continued.) )