Chapter 42: In Prison, in the Courtyard

At this time, there were prisons, but there was not too much standardization, not only in the counties and the central government, but also in some families, there were also a large number of private prisons. When the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info wandering around in the past, Wang Ningzhi had followed the harvest to see the Wang family's private prison, which was not too big, and the conditions were even worse, originally to imprison those slaves and maids who had violated the family law, but when I saw the dungeon with a thick layer of dust, I could roughly guess that the Wang family's private prison had not been used much since it was built.

From this point on, it is speculated that the owner of the Wang family has a good temperament and a very good family style, but it is not an exaggeration, so in the eyes of outsiders, Wang Xuanzhi and Wang Ningzhi, the two brothers from the Langya Wang family, were escorted to Huiji County Prison, which is really a bit inexplicable...... At least the first thought is definitely not that these two people made a mistake, and then if you think about it carefully, you will think of the rumors that went viral some time ago, which made the statement that the county guard Xu Shen and the Wang family were opposed to each other resurface.

When Wang Ningzhi helped Wang Xuanzhi to walk in, the jailers on both sides did not dare to push at all, and even looked at each other, unable to understand why the county guard called these two over.

The interrogation took place in a cramped cell, with poor light transmission, only a few optical fibers of varying thicknesses penetrated, but the cell was still very dim and smelled musty...... As soon as he came in, Wang Xuanzhi coughed non-stop.

"When will the Lord come and interrogate? My eldest brother is not in good health, please go and urge him. Wang Ningzhi said to the jailers outside.

The jailer nodded in response, as if he was too concerned about the two brothers, and he was nervous at the slightest disturbance, Wang Xuanyi looked like a seriously ill person, which made him even more afraid to take responsibility, and he quickly left when he heard Wang Ningzhi's request.

It didn't take long for Xu Shen, the county guard, to come over slowly, in the dark, he couldn't see his expression clearly, but his voice was enough to come: "Let's do business, and I hope Boyuan and Shuping understand." ”

"The speed of the adults is really fast, and this efficiency, even among the surrounding counties, is enough to rank in the forefront." Wang Ningzhi sneered to himself, and then said, "If there is anything you want to ask, please hurry up and ask, for me, my eldest brother's body is more important." ”

"Alright, then let's get to business." Xu Shen didn't care about Wang Ningzhi's sarcasm, for now, it was them who were in the prison cell, not himself, "Boyuan, do you know about the change of ordnance in the county?" ”

"I don't know."

"When you were an official here, what were your daily whereabouts?"

"Wake up in the morning to come to work, travel in the afternoon, and return home at sunset."

"Where to go?"

"Most of them are orchid pavilions, sometimes in the homes of friends, sometimes in rural villages."

"Can you be accompanied?"

"Every time the situation is different, I can't explain it, but my little guy accompanies me every time."

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Wang Ningzhi listened quietly to Xu Shen's questioning, seemingly pressing step by step, but the question asked had little to do with the so-called loss of ordnance...... In fact, it is clear to everyone that how the ordnance could have been lost has always been rumored, and no one has verified the truth.

In the darkness, the light exposed the dust floating in the air, and through such a turbid light, he could only see a trance-like and almost distorted face, it was Xu Shen's face, although it was a little distorted, but the smile that was vague was still imprinted in Wang Ningzhi's sight, making him suddenly wake up: Why did Xu Shen put forward such an easily verifiable lie as the loss of the ordnance? If it was really a simple lie, how stupid was a person like Xu Shen...... Obviously impossible, Xu Shen must have done a good job of dealing with it, if someone goes to check, there will definitely be a part of the ordnance missing, and this part of the missing part is what he misappropriated - the loss of the ordnance is blamed on Wang Xuanzhi, and he can naturally hide from the misappropriation of the ordnance.

Then the part of the ordnance he embezzled, the result was obviously either given to Xu Heng, or to Puxiang Zhenren Wang Ningzhi shook his head with a smile, just looked at Xu Shen and asked a few questions, and did not say anything to release Wang Xuanzhi, but turned around and left directly, but followed Sun Runnian beside him and whispered: "Boyuan, Shuping wait for a while, the county guard needs some time to verify."

"It's okay, let's just wait." Wang Ningzhi said calmly, "If it's really past noon, I hope Brother Sun will prepare some meals for the two of us." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Sun Runnian promised to leave.

After everyone left, Wang Xuanzhi's standing body shook, and he was a little unsteady on his feet, Wang Ningzhi hurriedly went over to help him sit down.

Wang Xuanzhi's face was not sad because of the interrogation just now, except that he frowned because of the pain, and after sitting down, he said: "In this way, the ordnance is really lost, who does Erlang think?" ”

"If it's expected, it should be the county guard Xu Shen." Wang Ningzhi leaned over and whispered, "If Xu Shen wants to go against our Wang family, he must rely on something, and those who can make him rely on must be paid...... This Xu Shen had an affair with the homeless marshal Xu Heng and Puxiang Zhenren, so it was obvious that he had embezzled the ordnance to them. ”

"It's a pity, we're in prison, if we can get out, we'll pass the news to Uncle Hu......"

"Xu Shen won't let us out." Wang Ningzhi interrupted Wang Xuanzhi's imagination, and in the dark, he suddenly laughed, and after a long while, he said to the inexplicable Wang Xuanzhi, "But someone will always invite us out, don't worry, it will be fine." ”

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A group of officials took Wang Xuanzhi and Wang Ningzhi brothers away from the palace and put them in Huiji County Prison, as if they had long legs, and it didn't take long for it to spread throughout the county.

Because of the attention, it is natural that someone will take action to open up the news inside the county prison, about the reason why the Wang brothers were brought in, how the county guard interrogated the Wang brothers, etc., through the mouth of a special person, spread out.

Each family has different channels and different information, and people who know each other often exchange messages with each other, but after exchanging, the results are surprising to everyone.

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He's mood was very unstable, because of her husband's affairs, she didn't rest enough every day, and under Xie Daoyun's comfort, it didn't take long to fall asleep. didn't wake him up, He's tiredness was seen in Xie Daoyun's eyes, and with a little empathy, she could understand. Let Huan'er take a small thin quilt from the bedroom and cover He's body, booing and signaling, let them be quiet when they walk, be clever when they have something, and explain everything before tidying up their clothes and walking out.

If it is in normal times, in addition to cleaning the courtyard and serving the slaves and maids at home, there are not many people moving around, but today is different, you can see a group of younger brothers and sisters outside from a distance, looking sneakily, obviously after hearing about Wang Xuanzhi, come to see, the eldest brother is like a father, the Wang family is close, and they are still very concerned about the eldest brother and sister-in-law.

"Second sister-in-law, eldest brother and sister-in-law, they ......" As soon as Xie Daoyun walked out, he met them head-on, Wang Mengjiang stood at the front, and she followed Xi Daomao and them.

"Eldest brother, they were just called to interrogate, it doesn't mean that they were convicted, don't worry too much, as for the sister-in-law, it's just because Su Ri is tired of taking care of the eldest brother, and because of today's events, tired and tired, and fall asleep inside, don't bother......" Xie Daoyun told them the reason very carefully, although some of them were older than her, but she was more stable in receiving people and things, and persuaded them for a while, and after suppressing their uneasy emotions, she let them all go back, don't make trouble, Don't disturb your sister-in-law's rest, etc., no matter how big or small.

Just stopped one of the guards behind them as they left.

"Second Young Lady." The guard was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to slack off.

"What did Erlang hand over to you? I'll hear what you have planned. Xie Daoyun stared at this person, ignoring his surprised face, "Erlang is my Langjun after all, and I have vaguely heard about his arrangement, don't tell me that you don't know." ”

"Yes...... I don't know what Jiro said, but the captain gave an order to let us free up half of our manpower to take care of the masters, as if we were worried that an accident would happen. ”

"Accident?" Xie Daoyun's eyes lit up, "Is there anything going on outside?" ”

"There are more unfamiliar faces, but the captain told me not to act rashly." The guard replied honestly, Xie Daoyun's eyes almost scared him just now, and then he understood why the captain was worried every time he went to Erlang to report the news.

"Alright, go ahead and keep them safe."

"Yes."

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The courtyard was lonely, the jade people were independent, and after a while, Xie Daoyun sighed faintly.