When Xie An hurriedly rushed to the prison in the Great Prison Temple, he saw that in front of the prison, Di Bu, the warden of the Great Prison Temple, and Zhou Yi, the prison left, were whispering something beside them.

Faintly, I could hear a few words like "This is not okay" and "The Lord ordered not to visit the prison".

I have to say that although the Dongling people have a bad reputation, since the Dongling people served as the prison guards under Xie An's Great Prison Temple, they are also conscientious and loyal to their duties, of course, it is precisely because of this that Xie An will rest assured that the prison of the Great Prison Temple will be handed over to these former Dongling assassins who have not had a good criminal record.

And not far from Di Bu and Zhou Yi, there was a gorgeously dressed middle-aged woman, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, waiting on one side, it could be seen that this woman was very well cultivated, although Di Bu couldn't help shaking his head, but still had a calm face, without the slightest hint of anger.

"Ahem!" Xie An pretended to cough and signaled that he had arrived.

Di Bu and Zhou Yi turned their heads when they heard this, and when they saw Xie An coming in person, they clasped their fists and called in unison, "Lord Shaoqing!" ”

Xie An nodded, and turned his head to look at the richly dressed woman, that is, the biological mother of the two brothers of the crown prince Li Wei, the imperial concubine Chen.

Although Chen Guifei is said to be over forty years old, she can maintain it very well, so that people can't tell her exact age, according to Xie An's rough estimate, she is a few years older than Jin Ling'er, but in fact it is far more than that.

It can be vaguely seen that Chen Guifei's eyes are slightly red, slightly red and swollen, thinking about it, she has probably also learned about yesterday's incident, and learned that her eldest son, the crown prince Li Wei, has died, and the second son, the fifth prince, Li Cheng, was imprisoned in the Great Prison Temple for the crime of rebellion and rebellion.

Thinking of this, Xie Anxin sighed secretly. After walking a few steps, he bowed his hand and said, "Xie An, the young secretary of the Weichen Great Prison Temple, see Chen Guifei!" ”

"Xie Shaoqing is polite...... Chen Guifei bowed her head slightly, and said softly, "Xie Shaoqing, the concubine wants to go to the prison to visit my son, but I heard that I need a letter approved by the Criminal Department or His Majesty...... Can you please make it easier for Xie Shaoqing? ”

"This ......" Xie An was a little embarrassed.

It stands to reason that Li Cheng, the fifth prince, has committed heinous crimes and confessed to his crimes. Even if he is a prince, others are not allowed to visit the prison, unless there is an edict from the emperor of the dynasty, or a prison visitor issued by the criminal department, and Di Bu is also aware of these things, so he keeps the concubine out of the prison.

Seeing that Xie An was silent. Chen Guifei smiled bitterly and said quietly, "Xie Shaoqing, the concubine has lost one son, and the other son is not long enough, can't Xie Shaoqing be accommodating?" ”

looked at Chen Guifei's slightly swollen eyes. It is not difficult for Xie An to imagine how sad this mother was after learning of the death of her eldest son, thought about it, and said, "Weichen doesn't dare to ...... It's just these people next to the concubine. Stay out of jail! ”

Chen Guifei nodded when she heard this, and said gratefully, "It should be so!" - Thank you so much, Shaoqing! ”

"Don't dare to ......" arched his hand, and Xie An glanced at Di Bu. Dibu understood, and the iron door of the prison was opened. Raised his hand and said to Chen Guifei, "Chen Guifei, please!" ”

Chen Guifei nodded, ordered the eunuchs and palace maids beside her to wait outside the prison, and slowly walked into the prison under the leadership of Xie An and Di Bu.

I have to say that in the minds of the people of Jijing, the prison is tantamount to the tiger's den in Longtan, the beast of the wilderness, and everyone in the world knows it, but those who are caught in the prison of the prison temple rarely come out alive.

In fact, the heavy prison in the Great Prison Temple is indeed far higher in rank than the Weiwei Temple, Guanglu Temple, or the prison of the Criminal Department, and those who are imprisoned here are all death row prisoners who have committed major crimes, have unpardonable crimes, and have almost no chance to get out alive.

Of course, it doesn't mean that there is no chance of life, for these death row prisoners who are locked up in the Great Prison Temple, the only chance is to wait for the Great Zhou Tianzi to give amnesty to the world.

For this reason, some family members of death row inmates deliberately used silver to buy off the prison head and jailers in the prison of the Great Prison Temple, and asked them to help in the autumn of execution, saying that the death row inmates were suffering from incurable diseases and would die in prison if they could not be executed, so that they could escape the autumn of this year, which was also the reason why Qian Xi, one of the wealthy ghosts in Dongling, was ecstatic after hearing that Xie An had put them in charge of the heavy prison.

After all, the prison under the jurisdiction of the Great Prison Temple Department is indeed a rare fat gap in the world, with a lot of oil and water, take the warden Di Bu as an example, the imperial court has allocated about 100 taels per month, however, he can secretly collect more than four to five times his gray income.

If there is a son of a family in Jijing who is caught here because of a crime, then the filial piety silver sent by his family privately is even more remarkable.

And these things, whether it is Shaoqing Xie An of the Great Prison Temple or Old Man Zhengqing Kong, they all know it, but they just turn a blind eye, think about it, it seems that Di Bu, the warden, is only one hundred taels a month, and how many jailers can he have every month?

I don't want to do a way to do some [side business], I'm afraid that more than half of the officials in the Great Prison Temple will starve to death, for this reason, the successive generations of the Great Prison Temple Qing and Shaoqing have all ignored this matter, after all, those who have the ability to buy off the jailers with silver are all wealthy families, as long as the people under their hands do not go too far, the general chief of the Great Prison Temple will not care.

Some people may think that the jailers of the Great Prison Temple helped the death row inmates in the prison because they received money from others to help them escape the execution time in the autumn of that year, isn't this a violation of the fair and honest plaque of the Great Prison Temple?

This has to be looked at this way, even if those death row prisoners temporarily escaped because of the filial piety of the silver, but they still can't get out, will not pose any threat to the security of the Great Zhou, take a step back, even if some death row prisoners are lucky enough to encounter the happy event of the Great Zhou Emperor's amnesty of the world, what awaits them is only the criminal law of distribution, military confiscation, and exile, which has almost no return, so to speak, but the only thing they can do is to be hungry and breathless, and they have no energy to think about other things.

Of course, it doesn't mean that everyone in the prison of the Great Prison Temple comes from a well-to-do family, according to statistics, there are death row prisoners in the heavy prison of the Great Prison Temple. More than seventy percent of them are outlaws who have committed serious crimes in various places, some are bandits who kill people and steal goods, and some are thugs who commit adultery and plunder.

And these people are the most dangerous death row inmates in the Great Prison Temple, because in a sense, they have seen through life and death, and they stay here with the idea that one day at a time is a day. Every year, hundreds of prison guards in the Great Prison Temple are attacked by death row inmates in the prison, and dozens of them are killed, and the culprit of all this. This is the kind of death row inmate.

[Dead prisoners], as the senior jailers here call these death row prisoners, because such death row prisoners cannot bring any benefit to these jailers, and they cannot leave the Great Prison Temple alive, and it is more appropriate to say that they are not so much human beings as corpses that still have a breath of air.

No, these lawless guys. As soon as he saw Di Bu leading Xie An and Chen Guifei into the prison, he suddenly made a commotion.

"Yo, isn't this the Warden? ――Prison Director Di looks good today, huh? Ha ha! ”

"Hey, that stinky little hairy kid in the back. Isn't it Xie Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple? - Xie Shaoqing, come and talk to your brothers, what are you doing so far? Hahahaha! ”

"Hey, Shey. The prison meal in your Great Prison Temple is also called rice? Pigs don't eat that! - Lao Tzu wants good wine and good food! ”

It may be that Xie An, who rarely shows up on weekdays, was surprised to appear here today, and all the corpse prisoners crowded into front of the prison. shook the iron shackles in his hand, looked at Xie An with a smile, and his mouth was full of cynicism and teasing.

Indeed, Xie An rarely comes here, no, it should be, if there is no important matter, he doesn't want to come here at all, full of calculations, since he served as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, he has only been to the prison five times, one of which is because of Li Xian.

Some people may think that these people are so disrespectful to Xie An, can Xie An turn a blind eye?

Of course not, just take this time as an example, Xie An hates it so much, but what can he do?

Kill these guys?

Don't forget, the other party is a death row prisoner, destined to die, those people will be afraid of death?

Besides, Xie An doesn't have that much spare time to entangle with these people, so the best thing to do is to pretend that he didn't hear, after all, if a dog bites you, you can't bite it again, right?

Suddenly, those corpse prisoners seemed to notice Chen Guifei beside Xie An, their eyes lit up, and they rushed to the front of the wooden prison, and even stretched out to grab Chen Guifei's clothes.

"Hey, what kind of day is this, and a beautiful chick! - Hey, Xie An, are you here to honor your brother with this woman? ”

"Hey, Dib, open the door and bring that in, hehehe......"

Looking at the greedy eyes of the death row inmates on both sides, even if it was Chen Guifei, who had excellent cultivation, she also showed a little panic for a while.

These damned people!

Xie An's face was a little unsightly, after all, those death row prisoners were slapping him Xie An in the face, stopped, looked at those death row prisoners, and said angrily, "Shut up at the house!" ”

Thinking about it, I know that those corpse prisoners are not even afraid of death, how can they care about Xie An's angry reprimand, one by one hippie smiling faces, shaking the iron shackles in their hands, yelling, making the whole prison even more noisy, and even a few guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead even grimace at Xie An.

These damn bunches!

Xie Anxin was furious, but he didn't want to surrender his identity and entangle with those people, and at this moment, Di Bu turned his head and said to Xie An, "Lord Shaoqing, His Royal Highness Li Cheng, the fifth prince, is imprisoned in the first stone prison at the end of the aisle, please Lord Shaoqing and Chen Guifei take the first step, and they will arrive later!" ”

Glancing at those death row inmates who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, Xie An stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Teach a little lesson, don't make too much trouble, kill people, and the government will have to submit the letter to the Criminal Department when you turn around......" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that he was now the secretary of the Criminal Department, and after a pause, he continued, "Dead people are always trouble!" ”

Dead people are always trouble, and the implication is that as long as they don't kill people......

Although Di Bu was honest, he was not stupid, he glanced at Xie An's face, and suddenly understood, and said in a deep voice to a former Dongling crowd behind him, who is now in prison, "Open the prison door!" ”

The jailer nodded, opened the door with the key he strapped to his waist, and locked the door when the tall Dibu entered the cell.

And at this time. The death row inmates seemed to realize something, and the noise gradually stopped.

Glancing at Di Bu, who had already entered the prison, Xie An raised his hand and said to Chen Guifei, "Chen Guifei, Warden Di has some things to deal with, we will take the first step, and Weichen will lead the way for Chen Guifei, please ......"

Obviously, Chen Guifei also knew the deep meaning of Xie An's words, and nodded. followed Xie An towards the stone prison where the fifth prince Li Cheng was imprisoned.

Seeing Xie An and Chen Guifei walking away, Di Bu's eyes showed a little anger, and he glared at the dozen or so death row inmates in the prison who showed a little uneasiness in their eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "You are really daring!" ――To make Di so embarrassed in front of Lord Shaoqing......"

Speaking of which. He grabbed the head of a death row inmate and slammed it against the wall, hitting it several times, only to hit the ground The death row inmate's mouth vomited blood, and he breathed more and less air.

Immediately afterwards, he grabbed the arm of a death row inmate with one hand. With a knee thrust, he kicked off the bones of his arm, and then grabbed him with one hand and slammed him against the wall. There was only a thud on the ground, and the death row inmate spat blood.

However, despite this, Dibu did not let him go, and took a few steps forward. A kick broke the bone in his right leg, and the death row prisoner was covered in cold sweat. With a glance in his eyes, he fainted.

When the rest of the death row inmates in the prison saw it, they all pounced on Dibu, but when they saw Dibu's punch here and kick there, they beat the death row inmates in this cell to the point of crying wolf.

Also, Di Bu's strength is only under Chen Bei and Liang Qiu Wu, and even Fei Guo, Xie An's family general and one of the six god generals, is not his opponent in terms of strength alone, let alone these guys in prison?

For a while, the entire prison was silent, except for the incessant cries of more than a dozen death row inmates in that cell, accompanied by the sound of broken bones.

After about half a cup of tea, Di Bu clapped his hands and walked out of the prison, glanced coldly at the death row inmates in the other cells around him, and said in a cold voice, "Remember, miscellaneous people, Lord Shaoqing entrusted me Di Bu to take charge of this prison, and gave Di the right to teach you and others at any time!" - You'd better be good to me, or ......," he said, grasping a wooden bar of the prison with his right hand, and squeezing it so hard that it burst the wood that was as thick as his arm.

Glancing at the cell, I saw that the dozen or so death row inmates who were still alive and well were now broken by Dibu one by one, and they were wriggling in the cell like reptiles, and the rest of the death row inmates in the cell looked at each other, as quiet as a cicada.

For them, beheading wasn't scary, after all, it was only a momentary thing, but breaking limbs was not a fun thing.

Tiger's eyes glanced around at the cells around them, and Dibu snorted coldly and headed for the stone prison at the end of the aisle. At this time, Xie An and Chen Guifei had already come to the stone prison and waited for Di Bu's key at the prison door.

Hearing that the prison cell that was still chaotic just now was silent, Xie An couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

As the so-called wicked people need the wicked to grind, and the former Dongling assassin with vicious methods is called to take charge of the order of the prison in the Great Prison Temple, it has to be said that it is just right, no, Di Bu alone will clean up those people and obey them.

But despite this, Xie An still didn't want to set foot here, after all, this was the darkest and dirtiest place under the fair and honest light of the Great Prison Temple.

Taking the key handed by Di Bu and opening the iron door of the stone prison, Xie An raised his hand and said, "Concubine Chen, please...... Weichen and the others stayed here, if anything happened, the concubine Niangniang just commanded! ”

Perhaps sensing Xie An's kindness, Chen Guifei smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Thank you Shaoqing for your kindness!" ”

Looking at Chen Guifei slowly walking into the stone prison, Di Bu frowned and whispered, "My lord, the person inside is a serious offender, in case ......"

Patting Di Bu on the shoulder, Xie An leaned against the outer wall of the stone prison and whispered, "What if? ――Even if there was a case, wouldn't there still be you? -- Fang Cai's work, well done, next time, try to make those people more peaceful! ”

Di Bu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his eyes showed a little joy, and he nodded again and again and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely teach them a good lesson when I turn around!" - Dare to be rude to Lord Shaoqing, I don't know whether I am alive or dead! ”

It is not difficult to hear from Di Bu's words that he has a good impression of Xie An, after all, Xie An not only forgave their sins, but also found such a good errand for them.

Just as Xie An and Di Bu were laughing, they suddenly heard a crisp sound from inside the prison, and it was not difficult to guess that it was the movement of the slap, and it seemed that the hand was extremely heavy.

Immediately afterwards, the voice of the fifth prince Li Cheng was at a loss for what to do in the prison.

"Lady ......"

"Smack!" Another slap in the face.

Xie An and Di Bu looked at each other, and although they were curious about what was going on with the alcohol in the stone prison, they were not easy to peek at.

And while they were speculating. saw that Chen Guifei had already walked out, and said to Xie An, "Xie Shaoqing, it's okay......"

OK?

You didn't say a word from beginning to end, did you?

Secretly glancing at Li Cheng, the fifth prince who was sitting on the ground with iron chains in his hands and kneeling on the ground, Xie An asked strangely, "Eh, finished talking?" ”

Chen Guifei nodded and said, "Hmm." Thank you so much! ”

"It's so fast......" Xie An muttered with a strange expression, thought for a while, and said to Di Bu, "Di Bu, you send Chen Guifei out!" ”

"Yes!"

glanced at the backs of Chen Guifei and Di Bu in the distance. Xie An instructed the Dongling jailers outside the prison to take a glass of wine and two cups from Di Bu's private collection, and then slowly walked into the stone prison with these, looking at the two red handprints on the face of the fifth prince Li Cheng with a strange expression.

Hit so hard?

Xie Anxin muttered to himself, because he found that the handsome face of the fifth prince Li Cheng had been completely swollen.

In all fairness. Xie An didn't have much affection for the fifth prince Li Cheng, after all, he had used despicable means to force Jin Ling'er to die for him, but the death of the crown prince Li Wei last night, and Li Cheng's grief-stricken cry before his death. But it made Xie Anxin feel a little sympathetic.

"It's boring to be locked up here alone, isn't it? ――Would you like to talk? Sitting on the ground opposite the fifth prince Li Cheng, Xie An showed the wine glass and wine jug in his hand and said with a smile.

The fifth prince, Li Cheng, raised his head when he heard this. Looking at Xie An calmly, he said lightly. "Your Highness and you, there is nothing to talk about!"

"Is it ......" poured a cup for the fifth prince Li Cheng, Xie An asked curiously, "Is there something that the government still can't figure out......

Probably for Xie An's sake of this glass of wine, the fifth prince Li Cheng drank the wine in the cup and said lightly, "Let's hear it!" ”

"Last night in the palace, you could have successfully usurped the throne, but why did you change your mind halfway and be arrested willingly? - Your Highness Cheng should know that you have committed such a thing, and this time it is more auspicious ......and less auspicious."

"So what?" After taking the wine jug and pouring a glass for himself, the fifth prince Li Cheng said lightly, "From beginning to end, I never thought about being an emperor......

"His Royal Highness Cheng just wants to prove to the world that His Royal Highness Cheng is more troublesome than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, right?"

"......" Seeing Xie An mention the name of his brother Crown Prince Li Wei, the fifth prince Li Cheng's hand holding the handle of the wine pot trembled slightly, Gu Zi poured a glass, drank it all, and said abruptly, "In fact, I was too far away from the prince's brother, and my brother had warned me before, but I was too conceited at that time, eager for quick success, and forgot my brother's advice...... My brother is right, I'm too eager for quick success! Speaking of this, he paused, stared at the wine cup in his hand, and said bitterly, "The throne belongs to my brother, only my brother, and now that my brother is gone, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor......"

"Really?" Xie An looked at Li Cheng in surprise.

Raising his head and glancing at Xie An disdainfully, Li Cheng looked at the wine glass and said lightly, "Whether you believe it or not, the reason why Your Highness thought about becoming an emperor before was not because of how the emperor was, but that seat was something my brother had been thinking about getting ......."

"What does His Royal Highness mean is that because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to get it, you want to fight for it?"

Glancing at Xie An, Li Cheng sighed slightly and said, "Since I was a child, my brother has never fought with me for anything, I thought it was because those things were not worth mentioning, so my brother didn't care, but last night, I understood...... It's just that it's too late...... Let's fight, let's grab it, the throne, it doesn't matter......"

Looking at the painful look that flashed in Li Cheng's eyes, Xie Anxin was also a little unbearable, and changed the topic and said, "Concubine Chen Cai, it's really ruthless to start......"

To Xie An's surprise, Li Cheng actually laughed when he heard this, and said with a smile, "You also saw it?" Ah, the concubine beat me......"

Nonsense, I have long eyes, of course I can see!

Muttering in his heart, Xie An frowned and persuaded, "I think that Chen Guifei is angry on her head right now......"

Before he could finish speaking, the fifth prince Li Cheng interrupted him and said with a happy face, "Since I was a child, the first time the concubine beat me, do you know?" The concubine never hit me......"

Your mother beat you, what are you happy about?

This guy can't be crazy, right?

Perhaps noticing Xie An's strange look, the fifth prince Li Cheng frowned, and said unhappily, "Do you think Your Highness is crazy?" ――What do you know? You don't know what that means! - just ......" At this, as if he had thought of something, he hung his head silently, let out a long sigh, and muttered to himself without knowing what he was saying.

And at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the stone prison, Xie An turned his head, but saw Wang Dan hurriedly walking towards this side.

"Brother Wang?" Xie An stood up in surprise and asked suspiciously, "Why are you so panicked?" ”

Wang Dan stopped, took a few breaths, and said in an inexplicable tone, "Lord Xie, Lord Xie, Your Highness has been invited to the palace by His Majesty!" ”

"......" Xie An's heart sank when he heard this, and he naturally knew what Wang Dan's words meant.

The fifth prince Li Cheng laughed when he heard this, poured himself a drink, and spit out a self-deprecating sentence in his mouth.

"It seems that not only His Royal Highness is going down to accompany the prince's brother, but also his father...... Hey! () For mobile phone users, please go to read. )