This Dengwen drum, Zhu Gaoxu beat inexplicably; was caught in the yamen, and it was inexplicable; It is even more inexplicable to be caught and put in prison without saying a word.

If this arrester is really the county master, even if he is indiscriminate and does not distinguish between right and wrong, at least he should go through a process and say a scene before being imprisoned.

Therefore, judging from all this, Zhou Xing expected that this matter was not the local official's doing.

He Zhou Xing, since he crossed over, he thinks that he is careful in everything, and he has not offended anyone, let alone any big officials, and besides, this is not Beiping or Beijing, and he suffered such an unwarranted disaster when he first arrived in Fugou County, which is really a little unreasonable.

So the crux of the problem must be in this Zhu Gaoxu.

So who wants to fix Zhu Gaoxu? There is no doubt that it is the same group of people who want to bring down Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaochu is Zhu Di's favorite son, if Zhu Gaochu can be killed, it will definitely be a huge blow to Zhu Di. Just like the death of the current crown prince Zhu Biao, it is the same for the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

This problem twists and turns, and finally returns to the starting point, and the calm and calm of this road is over. Entering the water prison should be the first difficulty suffered by two people.

......The water, which had just stopped for a while, was now pouring in again, and it was very large. The water is dark green, and it doesn't look like a nice thing.

"I'll go, don't let ......it go," Zhou Xing shouted. This dungeon is two or three people high, and if it were filled with water, it would have to drown people.

Moreover, the water was cold and biting, and Zhou Xing already felt that he was frozen and paralyzed from the ankle down.

"Don't release the water, if you release the water again, you will drown." Zhu Gaoxu shouted. He sneezed and said, "It's so cold." ”

However, in this empty dungeon, there was nothing but the sound of water and the echo of his words.

Zhou Xing shook his head helplessly and said, "They won't pay attention to us, don't shout, save some effort." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I don't understand this. Logically speaking, there must be a purpose for arresting us in. Is it for money, or is it for killing? ”

People, there must be something here, otherwise who is controlling the sluice? But from Zhou Xing's point of view, they can't see the people outside. Since the people outside didn't speak, Zhou Xing could only make his own guesses.

Zhu Gaoxu was puzzled: "If you ask about money, just ask for it, it's not that I don't have money." ”

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the prince was still very powerful, and the taxes, money, grain, business and trade in the entire fiefdom were all under the control of the prince. And Zhu Di is guarding important places in the north, and there is really no shortage of money. It's no wonder that Zhu Gaoxu was able to say such a thing, because money is already like a floating cloud for him, and he doesn't have to scruple about daily expenses and having fun.

"What if they want your life?" Zhou Xing asked.

Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly shocked, crossed his hands on his hips, and said proudly: "I am ......"

As soon as he said two words, Zhou Xing covered his mouth and said in a low voice: "If you don't want to die, shut up." ”

"Woo woo woo ......" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes widened, he shook his head violently, Zhou Xing sent his hand, and Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Why?" ”

Zhou Xing said: "Don't believe you try? ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to say it, he understood that Zhou Xing must have his own reason for saying this, and he had unconsciously developed the habit of listening to Zhou Xing's words in the past few days.

It's just that the situation in front of him made Zhu Gaoxu a little at a loss, and he said in a low voice: "Then what should we do now?" ”

Unable to pay for the solution, and unable to reveal his identity, Zhu Gaoxu is no longer in a rut.

Zhou Xing frowned slightly and said, "I don't know either." ”

Indeed, judging from the current situation, there is really no way to crack this situation.

Even if you know who those people above are, you can't help it. If Zhou Xing's guess is correct.

When it comes to money, what people have is that he is here to ask for your life, so what can you do?

Immediately after, the door to the water dungeon opened. Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said happily: "Hey, we can go out." ”

Zhou Xing looked up, rolled his eyes, and said, "So high, you climb up?" ”

When Zhu Gaoxu saw it, he was immediately deflated, and said, "After there is more water in a while, we may be able to swim up." ”

As soon as the words fell, the gushing water actually broke.

Zhou Xing and Zhu Gaoxu glanced at each other, and Zhou Xing said, "You crow's mouth." Zhu Gaoxu argued: "It's obvious that someone outside is manipulating, okay?" ”

The scene fell silent again, and there was no sound of the water flowing.

It was pitch black all around, soaked in cold water, and the door was clearly open, but there was no way to go up, which really made people feel hopeless.

If the two of them die here, I'm afraid they will be soaked in this water so that their parents won't be able to recognize them.

"Zhou Xing, I'm so cold, this water is cold and biting, I feel like my feet are not my own." Only half an hour later, Zhu Gaoxu began to hold back.

Zhou Xing also felt that he was numb and about to lose consciousness. The water is so cold.

"If we continue like this, we will die of cold, if not drowning." Zhu Gaoxu said with a crying voice.

After all, he is an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, and he still seems helpless when he encounters such a life-threatening situation.

"I still have so many good things that I haven't eaten, and I still have so many fun things that I haven't played. That Tang Qingwan Tang girl, she also invited me to go against her poetry again. ”

Zhu Gaoxu is very melancholy, there are still so many beautiful things in this world that he has not experienced, if he dies of suffocation like this, then even if he goes to the underworld, he will be aggrieved.

Zhou Xing was going to say something happy to distract Zhu Gaoxu, so he said, "Second Young Master, I'm afraid that you have hysteria, then Miss Tang obviously asked me to go often, what's the matter with you?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu argued: "Fart, the cost that day was dozens of taels of silver, do you have money?" Don't you have to take you there? ”

"It's one thing for you to take me, but it's another thing for Miss Tang to find me." Zhou Xing said proudly.

"Zhou Xing." Zhu Gaoxu suddenly shouted in a very formal tone.

Zhou Xing asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "We can be regarded as sharing hardships, right?" ”

Zhou Xing clasped his hands to his chest and said, "Second Young Master, what I like is a woman, don't think about me wrongly." ”

Zhu Gaoxu almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and then he said with a straight face: "Seriously." If you don't die in this catastrophe, when I go out, I will definitely play my father and let you be my scholar, and I will take you to eat fragrant and spicy food. ”

Zhou Xing thought to himself, you are not the future emperor, if I follow you, then won't my whole life be dark? It's better to follow Zhu Gaochi, after all, he is also the fourth king of the Ming Dynasty.

"The second young master really looks up to me......"

In the middle of the sentence, there was the sound of footsteps outside, and it was so quiet that the footsteps that were usually inaudible now sounded like drumming.

Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly overjoyed and said, "Someone has come to save us." ”

Zhou Xing was noncommittal and said, "Look." ”

After a while, I really saw someone come in, and it was Jomo who led the way.

"Jomo, Jomo, I'm here." After Zhu Gaoxu saw Qiao Mo, he immediately shouted.

As soon as Qiao Mo saw it, he said, "Second Young Master, wait a minute, we will rescue you immediately." ”

In a moment, Zhou Xing and Zhu Gaoxu were pulled out of the water prison. Qiao Mo said: "Hurry up and make a fire." ”

After a while, a big inner master came over with a brazier, and Zhou Xing and Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly surrounded them, using the burning warmth to dispel the cold in their bodies.

"You can be regarded as coming, if you come a little later, I'm afraid Zhou Xing and I will both die here." Finally his life was safe, and Zhu Gaoxu regained his lively temperament.

Qiao Mo hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Subordinates should be damned." ”

Zhou Xing has never liked this kind of post-autumn reckoning thing, and he said to Qiao Mo, "How did you find out that we are here?" ”

Qiao Mo glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Actually, I have been following the second young master, after all, the second young master's daughter's body cannot be missed." ”

Zhou Xing smiled: "It's good that you follow, otherwise we will die." ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Do you know who grabbed us?" ”

"After I found out that the second young master was caught inside the yamen, I entered the yamen through the back door wall, but I didn't find anyone. I found this place after looking for a long time. At that time, I saw several people, so I had to go back and move the rescuers. By the time I brought them over, I couldn't see anyone else. Jomo said fifteen-ten.

Zhu Gaoxu complained: "Then you didn't help us out when you first found out?" We've been in the water for so long. ”

Zhou Xing said: "Second Young Master, wasn't there someone at that time? If one person came to the rescue, wouldn't it be a surprise to the snake? When the time comes, in order to keep his mouth shut, they will arrest Qiao Mo, or kill him, so won't the two of us have to suffocate inside? ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he said, "Okay, what about them?" Do you know who did it? ”

Qiao Mo said: "I don't know. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "What about the big and small officials in the yamen here?" ”

Qiao Mo said: "I have left a long time ago, look at some of the furnishings in the yamen, I have been gone for a while." ”

"These corrupt officials! Leave your post without permission, all damn it! When I go back, I will report to the emperor's grandfather and punish the officials here for the nine clans! Zhu Gaoxu was immediately very angry.

Zhou Xing was suddenly taken aback, are the Zhu family so violent? Punish the nine clans at every turn.

"Hmph, I'll write this account first, and I'll talk about it when I get back to the capital." Zhu Gaoxu understands that there is no way to investigate this case now, except for the victims or victims, there is not even a single official here, even if you are like mobilizing forces, you can't mobilize them. With Jomo the four of them? If you can find out, then there is a ghost.