The bright moon hangs high, and the heavenly street is like a wash.

Soon after nightfall, outside the silent palace gate, the rain had stopped, and only a blue official road was left extending from the palace gate, as if it was about to spread to the sky.

Outside the right gate of Chang'an, several figures took advantage of the darkness to approach, one of them seemed to be the leader of the team, he hesitated for a moment, looked around, and signaled the others to be quiet.

"Su Hong, come on."

The words fell, and a small man walked out of the crowd, only to see the little man raise his hand and gently buckle the palace door.

On the door, a small door creaked open, and a low voice came out: "Who? ”

"General, it's the people inside." The man replied, "The younger ones are under the princes of Wang Chengen." ”

The man's voice was weak, and the man in the door came out, and the moonlight shone brightly, and he could clearly see that the face of the person who knocked at the door was thin and short, like a young man under twenty.

Sensing that it was a little eunuch who knocked on the door, the general guarding the door slowed down his voice: "Your father-in-law, why do you want to break into the imperial city in the middle of the night?" ”

"I went out on an errand for the prince and just came back." The little eunuch took out something from his body and handed it over.

The general reached out and took it, and it was half a bronze medal. The bronze medal has half of the word "West" on the front and 52 on the back. General Zao Geng took out half of the bronze medal from his arms, and put it together with the half of the handover, which happened to be a complete "West" character.

This is the "bronze talisman" left by Emperor Taizu, which is divided into four fonts: "Cheng, East, West, and North", which is a licensed pass to enter the palace.

Seeing that the bronze medal was fine, General Zao quickly opened the door and let the group in. He didn't light the lamp, the moonlight was like silver, except for the little eunuch who had the head, the rest of the people were a little tall, but none of them had a beard - obviously a group of eunuchs.

Wang Chengen is the favored eunuch by the emperor's side, and since it is his person who goes out of the palace to do business, almost no one dares to ask.

The general sat down and let people in, but he didn't dare to say much, but just instructed his subordinates to send this group of people into the palace. Heavy palace gates, ask for keys everywhere, only listen to footsteps all the way, although the people who gave people dare not ask, this group of people who entered the palace, there was no one who made a sound.

Walking to the main hall, the little eunuch gave up his hand.

"Thank you, send-off."

The man on duty respectfully returned the salute and turned away.

When the figure disappeared into the darkness in the distance, Su Hong let out a big sigh: "...... My sweat is down. ”

"How? It's not difficult to pretend to be a eunuch, right? Fang Wuying smiled.

"It's not difficult, it's just bottomless - not living with eunuchs, lacking enough information."

"Just get used to it."

"That's ...... said"

"Sister Su still looks like a teenager when she dresses up." Xiao Xiao quipped, "As long as you don't look closely at the makeup powder on your face." ”

"Dead boy, if you don't say the last sentence, you'll die?!"

Fang Wuying waved his hand: "Okay, don't talk nonsense." Start assigning tasks. ”

The expressions of several people immediately became serious.

"I, Li Jianguo and Xiao Chen went to the Maoqin Palace, dragged on for half a year, and the final result will be tomorrow, this diligent young emperor will not go to bed so early tonight." Fang Wuying looked up at the palace opposite, the lights inside were flickering, "The rest of you, go to the heavenly prison." Su Hong, you also go to the prison, but you must be extremely careful, if something happens, no one may take care of you. ”

"It's okay, I've got a knife." Su Hong pressed her waist, "Don't underestimate my five-year training." ”

After enduring it for a long time, he still asked: "Captain, where do you think the suspect is more likely to go?" ”

Fang Wuying didn't answer immediately, he raised his face and looked around, quietly, it was already winter, and the intermittent chirping of the insects couldn't be heard, only the sound of bangzi came from afar, and the tone sounded like crying. As the night grew darker, a full crimson moon hung on the cornices of the palace.

"As it stands, if he goes to the prison, he won't necessarily be able to get people out. It's one thing to hide from the guards, it's another thing to believe him or not, and it's another thing to follow him. Wouldn't it be easier to vent anger by directly cutting off the culprit's head than to save people? ”

"Captain! If you say so, the suspect should go to the Qianqing Palace?! ”

"It's just an inference." Fang Wuying said, "No matter what the outcome is, we must ensure that the prisoners are in prison, the prison is safe, the Son of Heaven is in the court, and the imperial city is safe." ”

Fang Wuying's voice was very deep, and everyone knew what he meant by this.

Just because what they have to do tonight is unbearable for anyone with compassion.

Following them and just running away, Su Hong felt a little angry. Xiao Xiao saw it, he beckoned the remaining two team members to slow down, this time, Su Hong was a little embarrassed.

"Don't wait for me, I'll run faster."

"It's okay, Sister Su, maybe there is no movement in the prison, then we don't need to go in at all."

Su Hong took a breath: "That's the best." The one named Xu Yanzhou is the backbone of the Technology Department? ”

"It's all said and that, and according to the survey, the interpersonal relationship is not very good." "He left his post without permission this time and used the instrument to cross without permission, and we asked several of his colleagues, but it was not clear which dynasty he might go to." ”

"How did you find out he's here?"

"Check his recent borrowing records at the city library." Xiao whispered, "He borrowed "Blue Blood Sword" three times, and other books include "Ming Sunset", "History of the Ming Dynasty", "The Thirteen Emperors of the Ming Dynasty" and the most popular "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", in addition, he also found a notebook in his dormitory, which was full of every major battle in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, time, place, commander, number of people, ......"

"No wonder Fang Wuying asked me to check the year 1630 as soon as I returned to the bureau, and sure enough, the loophole is here." Su Hong frowned, "What's the matter?" Have you been involved with the Ming Dynasty recently? The one who went to kill Wu Sangui last time is still squatting in prison, this Xu Yanzhou, although he is engaged in technology, doesn't he know the lessons of the past? ”

"This is probably to blame for Mingyue back then." Xiao Xiao smiled for a while, and said: "And otaku like Xu Yanzhou sometimes have a dizzy brain, and it is easy to not know where he is." ”

After speaking, he looked up, "The prison has arrived!" ”

The black pressed down on a low-rise building, and the lights flickered. Su Hong and the others approached, but they didn't see the guards.

"Where did the people go?" Xiao Xiao was full of doubts and said in a low voice, "Could it be ......"

Mystery suddenly swirled in everyone's hearts: Could it be that Xu Yanzhou had already come to the prison?!

Less than the first to rush into the prison! He hadn't taken two steps before he tripped over a man who had fallen to the ground.

"Trouble! He really did it! The other team member bent down to look," ...... No, there's also heat. ”

"It's not dead," Xiao Xiao looked closely at the jailer who had fallen to the ground, "it's a miniature anesthetic needle." It seems that Xu Yanzhou is quite well prepared. ”

The few of them continued to run inside, and along the way, they saw five jailers who had fallen to the ground unconscious. Although they didn't try it one by one, it was roughly estimated that they were all put down with a miniature anesthetic needle by Xu Yanzhou, a technician who came from modern times.

Although the jailer did not appear again, the prisoners in the prison were awakened by this group of "eunuchs" who broke in, and they all pulled them into the iron fence to look out.

“…… Why is it here again? An old man asked, "Who are you?" ”

Su Hong was alert, she hurriedly ran to the old man: "Uncle, you just said 'here again', what's going on?" ”

The old man's body was dirty, bloodstained, and his panting voice was like a bellows, and he pointed to it: "A moment ago, someone also broke in like this, tsk, someone really dared to risk death to break into the prison!" ”

Su Hong was shocked: "...... Already in?! Where is that man? ”

"It's out again." The old man pointed outside, "I saw that he had been breaking into the innermost part, and then he seemed to be arguing with someone, and he couldn't hear clearly, and after a while, the strong man hurried out again." ”

"Why didn't anyone take him?!" After Su Hong asked, she suddenly remembered that all the jailers had been put down, and there was no one to report it, and the outside world didn't even know that something had happened to the prison......

She calmed down and slowed down her voice: "Uncle, we are not in the same group as the person just now. ”

The old man looked at it, and then noticed what she was wearing.

"Oh? Belch...... This father-in-law, are you here to get people? ”

Su Hong shook his head: "It's not to get people, we're here to find people-Yuan Chonghuan Yuan Grand Inspector, do you know where he is being held?" ”

The old man suddenly realized!

"Oh, it turns out that the strong man just now also came to see the overseer?"

"I'm afraid so."

The old man pondered for a moment, then stretched out his finger and pointed to the innermost: "I heard that I will be in the innermost room." ”

"Thank you, sir." Su Hong said, "Dare to ask the old man's name?" ”

"Old rotten Qian Longxi."

Su Hong was stunned: "You...... Are you the Cabinet Master who was falsely accused of being bribed by the Inspector? ”

The old man's expression changed greatly: "How does my father-in-law know that I am being falsely accused?" ”

"What did you say that you received him ten thousand taels of silver......," Su Hong smiled pityingly, "If the overseer has so much money to bribe you, why is his family so poor?" ”

When the old man heard this, he was already choked.

"Lord Qian, don't worry, your life will not be lost here, let me tell you: you will live longer than the Ming Dynasty." Su Hong patted the iron bar with her hand, "The little one has something important to do, and I'll talk about it another day." ”

Without bothering to see Qian Longxi's stunned expression, Su Hong and Xiao Xiao ran towards the innermost layer of the prison.

In the deep prison, the foul breath of death flowed slowly, and there were no jailers, only the flames on the walls were still burning, and along the way, they heard all kinds of strange sounds......

It was the voice of the prisoners, who had not seen their kind for a long time, and who howled and screamed at the sight of the figure flickering, their voices hoarse and unpleasant, some of them with their teeth pulled out, but still creaking and gnawing at the railing with their frayed palates.

It was the most eerie place in China hundreds of years ago: the prisoners who were tortured by Dongchang Xichang and Jinyiwei were all imprisoned here, most of them were ******, and even 90% of them once lived in temples, but one day they accidentally offended the people on the dragon chair and were thrown here.

"Know what comes to mind?" Su Hong whispered in a trembling voice, "I think I'm Stalin, and I'm going to see Dr. Lecter." ”

"The Silence of the Lambs? Sister Su, this is your first time in the prison, right? ”

Su Hong nodded: "It's a very wrong analogy, but I can only think of that movie now." ”

"It's good to get used to, really." Xiao Xiao's voice said in a deep voice, "The felons before liberation all lived like this. ”

“…… Before liberation. You're too far along. ”

"I really think so." Xiao whispered, "The thought that this people have kept such a dark place for thousands of years makes my scalp tingle. ”

"The Count of Monte Cristo was also imprisoned in Yew Castle." Su Hong said, "Although it is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, there is also a writing prototype. ”

"Well, maybe there's such darkness in human nature. That's why in reality, such a place is manifested. Speaking of this, Xiao stopped, "It should be here." ”

Another team member took down the torch from the wall and handed it to Su Hong.

With the torch in hand, Su Hong came to the cage, and she was shocked!

The cage is wide open!

She lost her voice and said, "It's over! Yuan Chonghuan ran away! ”

However, as soon as Su Hong's words fell, a deep man's voice came from the depths of the cell: "...... Yuan Chonghuan never left. ”

The voice, low and hoarse, with a thick southern accent.

All of you, hold your breath!

The sound of footsteps slowly approached, Su Hong held the torch high, and she saw a person walking out of the depths of the darkness.

In the Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen period, the god of war who terrified the Manchurians, the one who sent Nurhachi to hell......

So, Su Hong saw the thin middle-aged man walk up to her, smiled slightly, and said, "The old man is Yuan Chonghuan." ”