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Wu Changwei, prison.

Li Hongyu was locked up in a solitary cell, and the jailers did not dare to touch him because of his fame, after all, no one was a fool, and a child trial case leader who dared to hurt Zhang Quan was not something they could afford to provoke.

The reason is very simple, Li Hongyu dares to do this for two reasons, one is that he has a very tough backstage, and the other is that he is crazy, otherwise how dare he hurt Zhang Quan?

No matter what the reason, the jailers are unwilling to face it, no matter how Li Hongyu is also a person with roots, he is one of the many students in Huguang, and those students are not easy to provoke, if anyone stabs this hornet's nest, he will definitely be "stung" all over his body, and he will even lose his life.

For example, just as the civil and military officials in the court were afraid of the officials, the local officials were very afraid of the local gentry, who not only had the privilege of being exempt from punishment but also had the privilege of meeting the local magistrates.

Although no one came to disturb him, Li Hongyu still sat on the edge of the bed uneasily and fell into deep thought, his brows furrowed slightly, he knew that the current situation was the most dangerous.

If Zhao Xin took the students of Xiangyang Mansion to petition for him in a place like the Yamen of the Political Envoy or the Yamen of the Imperial Envoy, then it was likely to bring him death, and Zhang Quan was likely to kill him because of this.

Because he was in prison, Li Hongyu could only wait secretly in the face of the situation in front of him, hoping that Zhang Quan would have scruples and not let people hack him, otherwise he would not have the slightest ability to resist, and could only become a fish on the chopping board for others to slaughter.

Things have come to this point, Li Hongyu can only make a desperate bet, betting that he can successfully escape the catastrophe in front of him with the support of Zhao Xin and other students, after all, the township test will start in a few days, and no one in Wuchang City wants to see the township test happen, otherwise Emperor Wanli will definitely be angry.

But there is an uncertain factor in his plan, and this factor is Zhang Quan, compared to the officials in Wuchang City, Zhang Quan acts unscrupulously and does not understand the rules of officialdom at all, and there is nothing that can make the pampered him feel afraid, so he is likely to do reckless things in a hot head.

"Hope everything goes well!" Li Hongyu stretched out his hand and beat his forehead, and secretly prayed in his heart, he didn't want to die before leaving the school.

With a creak, the door of the cell suddenly opened, and two jailers walked in, which made Li Hongyu look up.

"Case Chief Li, we adults have something to ask you, please come with us." A jailer made a gesture of please, and said to Li Hongyu with a smile.

Li Hongyu's heart sank suddenly when he heard this, it was not good news to let him pass the hall at this time, it was obvious that he still had a talent and fame on his body, so those people couldn't punish him, and they couldn't get anything they wanted from him.

Therefore, it is definitely not a wise choice to take him away for interrogation now, which also means that there is a cat hidden in it.

Although Li Hongyu knew that it was dangerous, he had no choice, did he have to hold on to the wooden fence in the cell and cry and shout not to leave?

Obviously, that would be futile in doing so, and he would be carried away on all fours, and it would be better to leave with his head held high, so that the jailers might see the bones of the literati.

Under the leadership of the two jailers, Li Hongyu soon came to the torture room, which was the same as the torture room in the state and county yamen, it was dark and damp, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood, and it seemed that many people had been severely punished here.

"Case Chief Li, please lie here." A middle-aged jailer over half a hundred years old pointed to a bamboo recliner beside him and said with a blank face.

Several five big and three thick jailers stood behind the middle-aged jailer, glaring at Li Hongyu fiercely, which made Li Hongyu not feel the slightest kindness.

"Damn it!" When Li Hongyu's eyes fell on the bamboo recliner, his face suddenly changed, and two words slowly spit out in his mouth.

Originally, it would have been strange for a chaise longue to appear in a torture room, and it would have been even more strange if the chaise longue had a cotton pillow that looked soft and comfortable.

Li Hongyu didn't believe that the middle-aged jailer would kindly want him to sleep on a bamboo chair, which was obviously part of a punishment, and a punishment that Li Hongyu did not want to see.

"One thing I want to tell you, my grandfather's brother-in-law is the Zuo Du Yushi of the Fourth Rank of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy!"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Hongyu walked over, lay down on the chaise longue and looked at the middle-aged jailer quietly, "What do you think my grandfather will do if I die here for no apparent reason, if I remember correctly, killing the living is like killing an official, and the whole family will be implicated!" ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged jailer couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Li Hongyu with some surprise, he had been working here for more than 30 years and it was the first time he had seen such a calm person as Li Hongyu, knowing that he would be killed, he could still talk to him without changing his face.

Several big men standing behind the middle-aged jailer couldn't help but look at each other, they were just small jailers, but they didn't want to provoke a high-ranking official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate like Zuo Yushi who made the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military jealousy.

If others said such things, those big men might not believe it, but Li Hongyu is different, these big men not only know that Li Hongyu injured Zhang Quan, but also know that he is the grandson of Zhao Guangfeng, a great Confucian in Xiangyang.

Zhao Guangfeng is quite famous in Huguang Shilin, and his contacts are naturally those who read poetry and books, so it seems logical that he has a righteous brother who serves as the supervisor of the imperial history in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, after all, the people in his circle are the best in Shilin and belong to the scholar class.

What is especially important is that Li Hongyu was too calm and completely confident, which made it impossible for those big men to doubt his words.

Li Hongyu looked at the middle-aged jailer with a serious expression, although he was not shocked on the surface, but in fact he was extremely nervous in his heart, all he could do now was to delay as much time as possible, hoping that Zhao Xin and they could come in time.

As for the fact that Zuo Yushi is Zhao Guangfeng's righteous brother, it is purely made up by Li Hongyu, and its purpose is naturally to scare the middle-aged jailer and others so that they dare not do anything to themselves.

If Li Hongyu guessed correctly, Zhao Xin and the others must have led the students of Xiangyang Mansion to petition in the yamen of Wuchang City, which led to the middle-aged jailer and others being ordered to kill him, so he must stabilize the middle-aged jailer as much as possible and buy time for the arrival of Zhao Xin and others.

"Case Chief Li, I don't understand what you mean by this." Soon, the middle-aged jailer came back to his senses and said to Li Hongyu with a smile, wanting to test Li Hongyu's reality.

"Isn't it just 'sticking to the official'! Zuo Yushi once told my grandfather about this kind of punishment, and there are many ways to quietly kill a person in the prison, but only this method is the easiest to do like dying of sudden illness. ”

Li Hongyu glanced at the middle-aged jailer, then slowly closed his eyes, and said calmly, "A young and strong child test case leader died violently in the prison for no reason, do you think this matter can be easily covered up?" ”

"You...... Do you know the 'sticker'? ”

The middle-aged jailer couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu in surprise, in his impression, Li Hongyu, a young scholar who only knew how to study hard in the cold window, should not know this kind of punishment, let alone guess it before the execution.

"Murder is murder, and no matter how well it is covered, it is murder."

Li Hongyu still closed his eyes and said in an orderly manner, "Although ordinary people don't know, but you have been in prison for many years, you should know that there is a big difference between suffocation and sudden death, and the experienced servants will definitely be able to detect suffocation and death. ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged jailer's face suddenly changed, he had been in the society for all these years, and naturally knew that if Zuo Yushi was really involved, Wu Changwei's people would definitely throw him and the executioner out as substitutes.

"Uncle Han, will Zuo Du Yushi really investigate this case?" At this time, a big man standing behind the middle-aged jailer looked at him nervously and said.

He's just a little jailer, but he doesn't want to provoke a court inspector like Zuo Du Yushi, don't talk about him, even Liu Yi is not even a fart in front of Zuo Du Yushi.

"Uncle Han, what he said makes sense, if it weren't for Zuo Yushi supporting him behind him, how could he dare to hurt the little marquis?" Immediately, another big man stepped forward and whispered, looking quite worried.

The middle-aged jailer known as Uncle Han frowned, and after glancing at Li Hongyu, who was leisurely closing his eyes and recuperating there, he fell into deep thought, this was the first time he had encountered such a tricky situation.

Although he has done this kind of secret murder in the past, some people have already taken care of everything, and the victim will either commit suicide in fear of crime or die violently, and there will be no trouble at all.

"Uncle Han, what should we do, if you don't do what you say above, you will definitely be punished, and maybe you won't even die." Seeing that the middle-aged jailer was silent, a big man opened his mouth to remind him that they were just pawns in the hands of others, and there was no room to choose their fate at all.

"Let me think about it." The middle-aged jailer waved his hand in disappointment, he was frightened by Li Hongyu, now it can be said that he is in a dilemma, whether he kills Li Hongyu or not, it seems that he will be in great trouble.

Li Hongyu seemed to be leisurely and relaxed there to close his eyes and recuperate, secretly supporting his ears to listen to the movement of the scene, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief from the words of the middle-aged jailer, knowing that he was temporarily safe, it was obvious that the middle-aged jailer had a lot of scruples in his heart, which would buy him valuable time.

To be honest, Li Hongyu doesn't know how long he can delay, all he can do is try his best to buy more time, hoping that God can help him this time.