On the bluestone path leading to the front of the prison in the Jiucheng Palace. A black young man, under the attendant of a tall inner supervisor with a dusty breeze in his arms, hurriedly walked forward.

The night is as silent as water, and even the moonlight does not seem to shine here.

"Your Highness, it's dark here, please be careful." The inner prisoner said in a low voice, while reflecting the ground with the small palace lamp in his hand - the gate of the prison was already in front of him.

The two guards in front of the door saw the inner prisoner and the young man, and immediately saluted, and at the same time stretched out their hands to push the door open. Get down on one knee and wait for the boy to pass.

The young man snorted, and was about to step in, when he suddenly stopped, and looked at the large sea tanks on both sides of the gate, next to the wall, with some surprise:

"Empty?"

"What?" The chamberlain was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to take a look—the ten vats were indeed empty. The water marks on it have not dried, and it is obvious that it was only cleaned not long ago.

"What's going on?" The chamberlain immediately asked softly, "Do you two know why there is no water stored in the sea tank?" Ninety percent of the palace is mostly wooden, once a fire breaks out, the nearest water source is also a mile away in the lotus pond. How to save near fire? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, this cylinder is a new cylinder that was only sent yesterday afternoon, and the old cylinder before it has long been broken and unusable. As a rule, when the new tank is replaced, it is necessary to test the water for a day and empty it for a day. The little guard on the left replied softly.

The young man was Li Hong, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and when he heard this, he immediately turned his head to look at Jing'an, the close attendant who was following him.

"Your Highness, there is indeed such a rule in the palace - if it is a new tank, it must be tested for a day, and then it will be empty for another day. If the empty tank is covered with rain on this day, it will be a good sign. If not, then we must try to replace the new tank - it is the sea tank in the Forbidden City, all in this rainy season. ”

Jing'an low road.

Li Hong snorted, but then looked at the large sea tanks as tall as him, and said in a low voice: "Such a big tank, even if a few people hide in it, no one will notice." ”

"If there is water, it is true, but if there is no water, it may not be." Jing An smiled.

Li Hong thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "Yes." Hongu is too careful. After all, who would really hide in such a visible place? ”

Then, without looking back, he stepped into the prison compound.

There was calm in the courtyard of the heavenly prison, and Di Qing and the others, who were standing with swords, were waiting for Li Hong in the courtyard. As soon as he saw him coming, he immediately bowed and saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Excuse me, get up." Li Hong put down his hood, hurriedly stepped forward to level everyone's courtesy, and said: "It's really hard for Zhuqing to capture thieves, and it's not the palace to wait for Zhuqing for a long time." If you make another big gift, it will really make the palace feel uneasy. ”

These words, if they are left in other people's mouths, there are always some pretense of affinity, but Li Hongxing is extremely sincere and benevolent, and these people see that it is normal for him to treat others kindly, so they naturally understand that this is exactly what they say from the bottom of their hearts, and they are even more grateful in their hearts, so they thank him again and again.

After the main attendants spoke for a while, Di Qing changed his words and came to the point: "His Royal Highness the Prince, those twenty-five assassins have been taken down and locked up in the prison according to the order of His Royal Highness the Prince. Now everything is ready, Le, Lu two adults have also taken a document seal from Dali Temple, at this time has passed the east gate, next, only to wait for the Dali Temple two Shaoqing auxiliary position, His Royal Highness the Prince in the hall to personally judge. ”

Li Hong nodded, praised it again and again, and led the way in front of the people, and the group went inside.

"Along the way, can it be considered safe?"

Li Hong asked as he walked.

Di Qing nodded, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really clever, those people seem to have expected that we would divide our troops into two ways and carry out the plan of cultivating openly and secretly. Therefore, early in the morning, we also arranged a yin and yang ambush, respectively on the way to Dali Temple, and the side of the north gate of the nearest prison in the Jiucheng Palace, just waiting for us to enter its ambush circle to move. It's just that they didn't expect that His Highness had already broken through their plan and deliberately bypassed their ambush circle, but he sent people out of the south gate and through the west gate to the prison. Come to think of it, they're still waiting in place! ”

Speaking of which, not only Di Qing, but also several of the big men who followed him, were all so excited that they praised Li Hong for being invincible. It's just that Li Hong himself is not arrogant, but even more worried.

Di Qing was keen, and was the first to notice Li Hong's uneasiness, and when he was about to ask, he saw Li Hong stop again, and looked at the water tank placed along the wall in front of the main door of the Tianjian room in a daze.

Under the moonlight, the heavenly prison room with the spirit of the forest is like a dark old woman with a string of snow-white pearl chains in her ears, which is indescribably strange and terrifying.

"I can actually reflect the full moon...... Li Hong stared at the drain tank intently. The young general behind him heard such a surprised tone, thinking that he was also a child after all, and he would inevitably be surprised by such a strange scene, so he smiled and said: "If Your Highness likes this kind of scenery, this gloomy prison is not good, and it is best to go to Fengtai." In the one hundred and eight large sea tanks in Fengtai, they are all clean water that is replaced every seven days, and there are five-color brocade fish in it, the moon is full and reflects the water mirror, and the brocade fish swims in the middle of the month, but it is the most beautiful. ”

Li Hong turned his head, glanced at him, smiled, and nodded, "Thank you, little general." Then he glanced at Jing'an again.

In the end, Jing'an could still understand Li Hong's thoughts, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Li Hong lowered his eyes, and said lightly after a while: "You go and arrange it." ”

Jing'an immediately responded, and then beckoned to the young general who said that Fengtai had a hundred mirrors reflecting the moon, and the two went to the side to say a few words.

Li Hong raised his feet and went straight to the prison.

Although Di Qing and the others felt inexplicable, they didn't want to ask anything in the end, but when they entered, they hurriedly glanced at the young general.

His face clearly showed a look of puzzlement and shock.

Immediately, Di Qing's heart was suspicious, he only looked at Li Hong who was walking calmly in front of him, thought about it, and turned his head to look at the little attendant who was following behind him.

The little waiter was clever, and when he saw Di Qing's eyes, he immediately saluted and retreated, disappearing into the night outside the door.

After entering the prison, Li Hong was not in a hurry to interrogate those suspects immediately, but asked where the case hall was, and then led a group of people to the case hall.

When you enter the case hall, you will see a clean and clean place, not to mention the blood stains that are used to seeing in the case halls of various provinces and divisions on weekdays, even if it is a torture instrument, you are not allowed to see a single one. The generals knew that Li Hong was born in a noble family, and he liked to be clean and clean, and most of them were unwilling to go to the pickled place to see those prisoners.

In addition, not only Di Renjie has not arrived at this time, but also Le Lu and the others have not yet arrived, although Li Hong has the name of the chief judge, but he is the prince of a country, it is not good to really ask him to judge these people, so naturally he can only wait.

Fortunately, the case hall was ventilated and breathable, and Li Hong brought tribute tea fruits to relieve the hunger and thirst of these generals who worked hard all night. For a while, the case hall was very lively, and it didn't seem to be so quiet.

Therefore, when Di Renjie, who was finally sent out of the main hall by Liu Xiangdao and came to the prison, and Le Lu arrived, he almost thought that he had gone to the wrong place.

Fortunately, the three of them are also all transparent and exquisite, and they can know what the scene can be seen at a glance, so they first asked Li Hong's peace, and then stood on one side, and just about to speak, they heard a commotion in the courtyard, and someone shouted:

"There was a fire! The cell door is on fire! Come on! Fight the fire! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was taken aback, and they all looked out of the window - sure enough, they saw the red light reflecting the sky at the gate of the prison in the distance!

"Fight the fire......"

Le Lu and the others were shocked, and they were about to call someone to go to the guards of Dali Temple who followed under the herald hall to help fight the fire, but they heard Li Hong smile faintly and said lightly:

"It's okay, just let it burn."