The four rope hall servants walked out from behind Mao Jiancheng, with ropes in their hands that tied people, and forced Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen over.

Zhang Yuan said: "Wait, I am a prisoner of the Chengxin Hall, this towel is given by the imperial court, and if Mao Jian Cheng wants to treat me for violating the rules, he also needs to explain which prison rules I violated, if I am framed, I have my own reasoning, after all, this country is not your Mao Jian Cheng can cover the sky with one hand." ”

After Zhengde, the strict prison rules of the Guozijian have long been in vain, and the law enforcement of the Rope Hall is only aimed at the inmates of the junior school, and the inmates who are about to graduate like Chengxintang and Susan Hall, who are willing to be the wicked people to offend, so these four errands heard Zhang Yuan claim to be Chengxintang, and they all stopped together, turned their heads and waited for Mao Supervisor to instruct - Mao Liangfeng, the southern prison supervisor with a purple sauce face, was particularly confident today, and sneered: "Zhang Yuan, you expect Gu Saijiu to support you, right, tell you, Gu Saijiu went out of prison yesterday on business, I won't be able to come back until five days later. ”

Zhang originally wanted Mu Zhenzhen to escape first, he could confront Mao Liangfeng, with Gu Xijiu, he would not suffer, and Mu Zhenzhen, a servant girl, would be too uncomfortable if she was escorted to the rope hall and kneeling and interrogation, but now that he heard that Gu Xijiu was not in prison, he changed his mind, he couldn't go to trial with this Mao Liangfeng, he couldn't eat this immediate loss, and sneered: "I see, Gu Xijiu is not here, you dare to pervert the law and punish indiscriminately, but your courage is not small." ”

Mao Liangfeng shouted angrily: "Zhang Yuan, you have violated many prison rules, and you dare to be arrogant and contemptuous of the teacher, and now I will not punish you, how can you manage other prisoners." He turned his head and asked, "Have you taken the shackles?" ”

Someone replied, "I've already gone to get it." ”

Zhang Yuan was furious when he heard this, he had committed some heavenly rules, and he even wanted to use shackles, even if he could be acquitted in the end, it was always a shame to be flailed, and this surnamed Mao was going to break the net with him, and immediately turned his head sideways and asked Mu Zhenzhen who was following him closely: "Is the small dragon stick with it?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen responded: "Take it." "Bending down and reaching out from the bottom of [***]'s skirt, the belt is torn, and the small dragon stick is already in his hand, one long and one short, with iron at both ends, polished to shine.

When Supervisor Mao saw it, he hurriedly took two steps back, not daring to get too close to Zhang Yuan and the others, and was drenched in the rain outside the eaves, and said angrily: "Zhang Yuan, you dare to resist this official!" ”

Zhang Yuan said contemptuously: "Why don't you dare, since you dare to bend the law and punish indiscriminately, I will dare to break your dog's head." ”

Mao Liangfeng looked left and right, there were many people, Zhang Yuan's maidservant, although she had two short sticks in her hand, what was she afraid of, she nodded again and again: "Great, great, insulting the division commander in person, even the crime of going to the army, you say that I am abusing the law, I tell you, if there is no conclusive evidence, I will not be so popular——"

Zhang Yuan really couldn't guess what handle he could have in the hands of this guy, and met Mu Zhenzhen in the shooting garden, this is not a violation, and it is not to take it to the number room, but now is not the time to reason, the right to speak is with Mao Liangfeng, and asked: "What evidence is there, so that I can tremble and confess my guilt?" ”

Mao Jian Cheng didn't get angry but laughed: "Hehe, you kid really don't see the Yellow River, your mouth is so hard, then I'll tell you, you are studying in Guozijian, and you actually went in and out of Qin Huaiji's house, and the official has someone to testify, see how you deny it!" ”

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, that said that after the examination of the Tribute Academy, he and the eldest brother and the third brother went to the old courtyard of Qinhuai, and they didn't even enter the door of the Youlan Pavilion and the Xiangzhen Pavilion, Mao Liangfeng should not refer to that time, because he had not been imprisoned at that time, and another time was that the two eunuchs Zhong and Xing invited him to visit Xuanwu Lake, at that time, Wang Wei and Li Xueyi both came, but if Mao Jian Cheng wanted to accuse him of Xuanwu Lake, it would really be self-inflicted, Mao Liangfeng would not be stupid to such a point, right?

-- And as far as the current situation is concerned, it is common for prisoners to remember to drink and feast, which is a violation of prison rules, but it is not a serious matter, there is only one explanation: the crime that wants to be added, there is no excuse, Mao Liangfeng and Song Shimian are already impatient to persecute him, and they want to dismiss him from school while Gu Saijiu is not in prison--That Mao Supervisor Cheng saw Zhang Yuan's frowning and thinking look, and sneered: "Come to think of it, two turtle slaves, one big and one small, the small one has escaped, and the big one has been captured and has already admitted that it is from the Xiangzhen Pavilion-"

"My lord, the shackles have been taken!"

A prison messenger strode in the rain with a wooden flail and iron shackles.

Supervisor Mao glanced at the shackles, pointed at Zhang Yuan with his right hand, and shouted: "Give me this scum who insults the division commander and has immorality!" He also said: "This is also tied up and flogged twenty times before questioning, and if she dares to commit murder in the Guozi Prison, she deserves to be killed on the spot." ”

Zhang Yuan knew that there was a Qimei stick next to the door of the warehouse, which was used by the old army surnamed Zhou to drive away weasels at night, so he immediately dodged in and took out the stick, and pulled Mu Zhenzhen's hand: "Zhenzhen, go, whoever dares to stop will be beaten." ”

The two servants jumped down the steps, and the two prisoners came up to stop them, these two prisoners were bare-handed, and Zhang Yuan, who was in front, did not wait for Mu Zhenzhen to make a move, and slashed out with his eyebrows in his hand, hitting the left shoulder and neck of the prisoner on the left, and at the same time, Mu Zhenzhen's small dragon stick swung out with the sound of the wind, knocking the other prisoner to the ground - Mao Supervisor Cheng saw that Zhang Yuan really dared to resist the prisoner in the rope hall, he was shocked and angry, and shouted angrily: "Catch him, catch him." ”

More than a dozen prisoners and soldiers of the country were in a mess to chase, they only brought ropes and shackles to tie people, how could he ever think of catching a prisoner and using knives and guns, at this time I saw that Zhang Yuan's master and maid had a wooden stick in his hand, and he was extremely ruthless, and the two prisoners who fell to the ground were moaning loudly, and the others did not dare to chase too closely, watching the master and maid and the two of them rushing out of the shooting garden in the rain, and when they chased out of the shooting garden, they saw that there was no trace of Zhang Yuan in the vegetable garden, and asked the old army guarding the door, saying that they had left the vegetable garden and ran outside - outside is the Pearl Bridge Market, A group of prisoners and sergeants did not dare to chase after them, they were only in charge of the affairs inside the prison and had no right to arrest people outside the prison.

Mao Jiancheng, who was soaked in official clothes, ran over, scolding the prisons for being useless, and failing to catch Zhang Yuan on the spot made Mao Liangfeng very unhappy, but he thought: "This kid insulted the teacher and beat the prisoner, he can't escape these two charges, and it is even more justifiable to expel him from the school status of the national supervisor, even if Gu Qiyuan comes back, he has nothing to say." ”

Mao Jiancheng walked to the door of the vegetable garden and looked towards the Pearl Bridge Market, the drizzle was obliquely weaving, there were few pedestrians on both sides of the Pearl Bridge, and Zhang Yuan and his maid had fled without a trace.

Supervisor Mao led a group of supervisors back to the rope hall, changed into civilian clothes, and was about to see Song Siye, when he suddenly saw a doorman running to report that someone outside the prison asked to see Zhang Yuan, and Supervisor Mao said: "Bring it here." ”

Yesterday evening, the two turtle slaves were also outside the prison to ask someone to send a message to see Zhang Yuan, and were caught by Mao Jiancheng's men, the little turtle slave also had some martial arts, knocked over a prison errand and escaped, only one was caught, and after asking, he found out that it was from the Xiangzhen Pavilion, Mao Jiancheng discussed with Song Siye overnight, and decided to use this matter to falsely accuse Zhang Yuan of staying in the prostitution and not returning to prison at night. At that time, Mao Jian Cheng also offered a plan to wait for Zhang Yuan and his maidservants to be arrested when they were shooting arrows in the garden early in the morning, so that Zhang Yuan would have one more culpability, Song Siye nodded and said: "Yes, that Zhang Yuan is arrogant, and he will definitely resist arrest and say disrespectful words, and record them in the book of sorrow, and see how the Lord of the Sacrificial Wine comes back to protect him." ”

It was raining heavily this morning, and Supervisor Mao was worried that Zhang Yuan would not go to the shooting garden, or that the maid would not come, but God fulfilled people's wishes, everything went according to expectations, Zhang Yuan and the maid were in the shooting garden, Zhang Yuan really spoke wildly, and injured two prisoners, this time the crime is real, how to quibble is useless, but Zhang Yuan and the maid escaped beyond the expectation of Mao Jian Cheng, but it did not hurt the overall situation, anyway, Zhang Yuan was expelled from school, but he just escaped and beat ...... "My lord, the person has been brought - go in, kneel, this is the prison master Mao." ”

The rain was still falling, the sky was dark, Mao Jian Cheng saw a man of medium stature come up to the hall, this man took off the hat in front of the pier, about thirty years old, wearing a short coat with a collar, his face was ordinary, his expression was quite vigilant, he looked left and right, went forward and saluted with his crossed hands, and was about to speak, when a prisoner shouted: "Kneel down and speak!" The man hesitated for a moment, but still knelt down and said, "Lord Prisoner, the villain has something to see the prisoner Zhang Yuan, please make it convenient." ”

Supervisor Mao asked slowly: "Who are you?" See Zhang Yuan, what's the matter? ”

The man said: "The villain is the servant of Zhang Xianggong's friend, and the head of the family sent the villain to deliver a message to Zhang Xianggong, and there is nothing else to do." ”

Mao Jian Cheng asked again: "Who is the master of your family?" ”

The man didn't answer, but he took out a small ingot of silver from his waist and put it on his knee quietly, and then he spoke: "The master of the family is surnamed Xing, and he is a businessman, and he wants Zhang Jiansheng to write a birthday celebration - please make it convenient for your lordship." ”

This man was not afraid of the official, his expression was calm, although he was kneeling, he had a kind of humble bearing, which made Mao Jian Cheng look at him very unpleasantly, glanced at the small silver ingot on the man's knee, and shouted: "What a crime to bribe in court!" Say, Who is thy master? ”

The man knew that the prisoner had deliberately made things difficult, so he picked up the silver and put it back into his pocket, stood up, and said, "I dropped this silver on the ground, and now that I have picked it up, who have you ever bribed anyone?" ”

Mao Jian Cheng felt that he had been teased, and he was furious, and shouted: "Your words and deeds are suspicious, there must be an ulterior secret here, detain them first, and when Zhang Yuan is caught, the truth will be revealed-kneel!" ”

The man didn't kneel, but his expression was solemn, and he asked, "What did Zhang Xianggong do?" ”

Supervisor Mao shouted: "Zhang Yuan has repeatedly violated prison rules, and today he will insult the teacher and beat the prisoner, and he will be expelled from school." ”

The man's expression suddenly relaxed, and he said, "I see, so Zhang Xianggong is no longer in prison?" ”

Seeing that this man had a contemptuous attitude and did not have the initial respect, he stood up and did not kneel, so he ordered the man to be taken down and flogged.

The two prisoners were waiting to step forward to grab people, and the man had been swallowing his anger, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted angrily: "It's the other way around." Kicked with his right foot, kicked the two prisoners to the ground, and then stepped forward a few steps, grabbed Mao Jiancheng's chest with his chest, lifted Mao Jiancheng from the chair, touched his waist with the other hand, and took out a rectangular waist card, handed it to Mao Jiancheng's eyes, and shouted: "Open your dog's eyes, see clearly-Bapin little official, dare to bow down to me, don't know whether to live or die dog!" ”

The officer in the rope hall didn't expect this to happen, the eunuch was held hostage, and he was panicked for a while, but he didn't dare to step forward, he just scolded and threatened - the man shook his waist card in front of Mao Jiancheng's eyes, and shouted: "Have you seen it clearly?" ”

Mao Jian Cheng said in a trembling voice: "See clearly, Xiaguan-"

The man didn't wait for him to finish, he slapped the eunuch in the face, and then pushed him to sit on the chair and asked, "Where did that Zhang Xianggong go?" ”

The prison officials in the hall looked at each other, I don't know what the origin of this man is, the eunuch actually claimed to be a lower official, and he didn't dare to say anything after being beaten, and one person replied: "Zhang Xianggong went out of prison from the vegetable garden." ”

The man snorted coldly, put on his hat, looked back at the slumped Mao Jian Cheng, turned around and strode away.

A few errand officers stepped forward to support Mao Jiancheng, Mao Jiancheng's official hat was blown away, half of his face was red and swollen, and he looked stupid, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, tidy up his clothes, sigh and go to see Song Siye, stumbling along the way, his soul is not guarded, and he seems to have lost his soul by a slap from the man - Siye's house is adjacent to the Guozijian vegetable garden, when Mao Jiancheng asked to see, Song Shimian, the master of Wupin Siye, had just finished breakfast, and thought that Mao Liangfeng had caught Zhang Yuan, and now he came to report to him, but when he saw it, he saw that Mao Liangfeng's left cheek was swollen, He looked panicked, and he didn't care about etiquette, so he approached and said: "Lord Song, it's a disaster, the lower officials only think that the man is a slave, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be the seven-grade head of the East Factory, and forced him to kneel down to me, Lord Song, how is this good!" ”

Song Shimian was inexplicable, and glared at Mao Jiancheng in disgust: "Stand far away and speak." ”

Mao Jian Cheng took two steps back, and asked Master Si Ye to retreat left and right before he could speak.

Song Shimian frowned and asked the servants in the hall to retreat, and then listened to Mao Jiancheng talk about this morning, and when he heard the scene in the rope hall, Song Shimian was also stunned...... Zhang Yuan pulled Mu Zhenzhen out of the Nanjian vegetable garden, ran to the Pearl Bridge, looked back and saw that Mao Jiancheng did not chase after him, the rain did not stop, and saw that the bridge arch could hide from the rain, so he walked under the bridge arch, threw the Qi Mei stick in his hand into the water, and said: "Zhenzhen, thanks to you today, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to escape alone, and the purple-faced plague official would have wanted to arrest me a long time ago." ”

Mu Zhenzhen was originally uneasy, thinking that he was fouled by the young master every time he came to shoot arrows in the garden, but when he heard the young master say this, he was relieved and asked, "Young master, what the hell is going on?" ”

Zhang Yuan wiped the rain on his face with his sleeve and said: "This plague official has some relationship with Dong Qichang, and he wants to frame me, so I don't know what the plague official means by the turtle slave of Xiangzhen Pavilion, what kind of witness did the plague official catch, I want to ask Li Xueyi-"

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Did the young master go to Jiao Xianggong to talk about this first?" ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "I want to ask Teacher Jiao to make the decision for me, but it's not easy for us to go like this." ”

The clothes of the two people were almost soaked, Zhang Yuan was just like the heavy rain that said to be down, with big breasts and small waists, showing mountain dew and shadows, but at this time, Mu Zhenzhen couldn't care about being shy, just worried about the young master.

(To be continued)