The dimly lit prison of the Criminal Department has recently become lively. Usually, there are not so many people, and the criminal department does not directly manage the case, but is generally only responsible for reviewing the case files of various yamen, promulgating and amending the criminal law, or trying major cases. At this time, he was encountering a large number of Qin cases, most of which were traitors who were escorted back to Beijing from Luoyang, so so many people were locked up at once.

The conditions here are much better than in ordinary prisons, not damp dungeons, the floor is dry and clean, and the cells are covered with hay. However, it is still like hell for the prisoners, because most of the prisoners who can enter here have identities, otherwise they are not qualified to let the central court directly watch them.

Yao Chong's family, who participated in the rebellion, was imprisoned here after being escorted to Chang'an. There were more than 20 people who were arrested, mainly the Yao family's family members and close relatives. As for those pure domestic slaves, they were let go after Luoyang found out.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was very rare to be sentenced by the judicial yamen, and even if most of the people who committed serious crimes were sentenced to beheading, and their family members were exiled to the army or degraded to slavery, as long as they did not die, they usually received some help from their colleagues in the court. Because there were many marriages in the Tang Dynasty, the unlucky family always had incumbent officials to help with it. But this rebellion was different, there were many heavy sentences, first Cui Men was directly slaughtered by the army, and then many families escorted to Beijing were sentenced to Zhulian.

Gao Lishi, Liu Youqiu, Zhang Wei, Jiang Hao, Jiang Changqing and others around Li Longji did not have time to be captured after the war, some committed suicide and some were killed by their subordinates, but the responsibility is still not over, and their families will also be accounted for by the Autumn Queen.

In the past few days, Yao Chong's case has been tried, and most of the Yao family members who are locked up in prison can guess the result, which is nothing more than death. Yao Chong played a huge role in Li Longji's rebellion, and was an important member of his side, how could he not liquidate them?

Yao Chong's family has more than 20 people, there are five or six brothers, sons, nephews, etc., and the others are all female dependents, except for the wives of brothers and nephews and his concubines, there is only one daughter.

His daughter's name is Yao Wan, and she is quite famous in Shaanxi County, and she is heard to look like a flower, and there is an endless stream of matchmakers who come to propose marriage, all of whom are local clans, and even other Taoist clans come to marry. Her father was a prime minister again, and he was born in a scholarly family, and he is the standard heroine of the story of talented and beautiful women...... Unexpectedly, Yao Chong was defeated, and he was about to end up with a loss of incense and jade, although no one dared to openly intercede in the court, but he had to regret it a few times in private.

Even if he is locked up in prison, he is naturally beautiful and difficult to give up, and even the jailer who delivers food will take a few more looks.

The men's prison and the women's prison were separated, and nearly 20 female dependents of the Yao family were locked up in a cell, and there was not enough space, except for Yao Chong himself, the other prisoners were crowded together. The place to sleep is a pile of hay, which is already very good, and you have to thank God for being able to eat half full, as for washing...... Can you still pay attention to this in prison at this time? So Yao Chong's female dependents, wearing dirty prison clothes, unkempt hair, and black dirty faces, even if they were beautiful before, they were unsightly. But even if Yao Wan is dirty like this, she can't be ugly, and her bright eyes and good facial lines are still beautiful.

It's no wonder that the jailers are paying attention to her. On this day, a jailer with two jailers opened the door and came in to clean up the garbage, originally this kind of thing was done by low-level handymen, but a jailer came, it was nothing more than for the young and beautiful Yao Wan.

Yao Wan was looked at by the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked jailer, and she didn't feel quite right, but now she was silent in this situation. If it had been before, who would have dared to be so unreasonable to her? Her father has been an official for many years, and his reputation in his hometown is not just boasting.

Originally, he thought that the jailer would just take a look, but after a while, he actually moved his hands and feet, and reached out to touch Yao Wan's chin with a smile.

Yao Wan hurriedly retreated to dodge, but the heavy iron chain under her feet prevented her from stepping out, but her upper body leaned back, and she fell to the ground carelessly, screaming in pain.

There was a female prisoner next to her who hurriedly went to help her, and the jailer also came up to help, Yao Wan angrily reprimanded: "I don't know how to be polite!" ”

The two pawns immediately laughed and coaxed, and the jailer also laughed: "Ming'er is about to ask for a beheading, is it okay to help him?" Then he reached out and tried to touch her neck.

"Smack!" Yao Wan glared at Yuan Xingyan and slapped his hand open, and scolded, "Shameless." ”

The jailer said angrily: "Don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink!" After that, Yao Wan's aunts and sisters-in-law next to him stood aside in fright, where did they dare to help? Yao Wan was in a hurry, and tried to break free with her hands and feet on the spot, but she was grabbed by the sleeve, she didn't want the fabric to be really inferior, and she only heard a "whoosh" The sleeve was torn off, and the skin on her arm was suddenly exposed. Her arms were covered by her sleeves, much cleaner than her face, glowing white in the dim prison.

Yao Wan hurriedly hugged her arms, how could she have been treated like this, she was angry and afraid that she was almost crying.

The jailer's eyes lit up immediately when he looked at the white skin, and he took two steps forward with some hesitation, after all, this was in the punishment department, and he had to pay too much. Maybe the jailer just wanted to laugh and didn't really plan to do anything, but Yao Wan was frightened by his appearance, and she cried while rolling and crawling: "Don't come, don't come here......"

At this moment, there was a sudden shout: "Bold! Stop me! ”

Everyone was taken aback, especially the jailer, who was so frightened that he almost sat down. After a while, Yao Wan looked up at the door of the cell, and saw a tall man in green linen and gezu-clad standing there angrily, pressing his sword in his right hand, his face full of murder, which made people very afraid, but she was not just afraid, because this person was here to stop the atrocity.

Behind the blue-robed man with a somewhat black face, there was also a middle-aged man in a purple robe and two red-robed officials. Yao Wan's father is an official, she is naturally very familiar with officialdom costumes, and when she looks at the color of the official robe, she knows that it is a senior member of the court, and the tall man in linen who is parallel to the purple silk official robe must not have a low status. In the hearts of people like her, she naturally feels that the uncles and uncles who are big officials are good people like her father, and a sense of security suddenly flooded her heart, and she was still a little moved in her heart, like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.

"King Jin is angry, I will punish this person severely." The purple-robed middle-aged man should also feel the murderous aura of the tall purple-robed man, and hurriedly persuaded him.

Who is the "King of Jin" in that person's mouth Yao Wan doesn't know who it is, Li Tang has a lot of princes, Yao Wan has been arrested and imprisoned since last year, so naturally he doesn't know about Xue Chongxun being named a prince.

At this time, Gao Ren let go of the hilt of his sword and said: "The Criminal Department is the place where Cui Xianggong (Cui Xiang) is in charge, and it is a bit shameless to cut the people in the Criminal Department directly......" He shouted to the jailer again, "Otherwise, Lao Tzu will kill you with a knife is like pinching an ant to death!" ”

"Bastard, don't get out of here! Go back and wait to confess! The middle-aged man known as Cui Xianggong also scolded.

The jailer rolled out of the cell door with a crawling wolf. Yao Wan looked at him like that, and felt very relieved in his heart, and he had a little more affection for the tall man, and said in his heart that although he was fierce and vulgar, he was still very good.

When Yao Wan was about to say two words of thanks, she saw that the hero who saved the beauty didn't even look at her, probably because she was too dirty and ugly.

When she was lost, she suddenly felt someone approaching, and instinctively wanted to hide, but heard a deep voice say, "Don't be afraid, your clothes are torn." It turned out to be his voice, Yao Wan didn't hide, his body suddenly warmed, and a kudzu robe was draped on his body. The material is relatively coarse, but it lacks the aftertaste of soaphorn spices and a clean taste.

Yao Wan's face flushed, she wanted to say something but couldn't say a word, almost forgetting that she was going to die tomorrow.

At this time, the purple-robed middle-aged man on the side said: "Come on, shackle these people." ”

Someone around suddenly whispered, and the middle-aged man in the purple robe explained: "Li Longji conspired against him, causing the people's wealth and country to be wasted, and the deaths and injuries of the army and civilians were not counted, and the crime was extremely heinous, and those who coerced him were severely punished!" Yao Chong is even more guilty of one degree, which should be full of people, and the joint trial of the three legal divisions is also such a result. However, the king of Jin remembered that Yao Chong had made meritorious contributions to the country, interceded in many ways, and now he is also magnanimous, so he was condemned to the first degree, pardoned the death penalty of the Yao family, the male was exiled to Lingnan, and the female family was demoted to prostitution. The king of Jin has done another good thing, he bought all of you as slaves, so as not to be reduced to prostitution and suffer from being despised by others, who dares to take you in except the king of Jin in the current court? He's a benefactor of your family, remember. ”

The ladies in the prison immediately began to weep and fell to their knees to thank them. Although being a slave is not a good end, it is much better than being beheaded.

The tall man waved his hand and said, "That's it, get up, pack up and follow me, you don't have to be a prisoner." ”

Yao Wan took a sneak look, and saw that the person was wearing a white silk lining, which was spotlessly clean, but it was really disheveled when he walked outside wearing only a lining......

Another red-robed official joked: "I heard that when Xue Lang was stationed in Luoyang, he met the twenty-fourth floor of the flower girl Bu Feiyan and came to intercede for Yao Xianggong, is this really true?" ”

Yao Wan heard their conversation and immediately understood...... This King of Jin is Xue Chongxun? The prince surnamed Xue also led troops to Luoyang, who else is there besides him?

Her mood suddenly became a little complicated, although her father Yao Chong's guilt should not be counted on Xue Chongxun's head, Xue Chongxun did not bring troops to fight, and others came. But when she thought that her father was about to be executed, and Xue Chongxun was her father's former enemy, she always felt bad in her heart, and the enemy was not counted.

However, Yao Wan quickly figured it out, now that she has become a slave, why is she doing this? G