279。 Explore the prison at night

The night was still as black as ink, and the stars shone weakly behind the gray clouds.

On an unusually cold official road, the footsteps of a master and a servant were slow, and the sound of clattering shoes and the stone road colliding again and again, even if it was as light as possible, it could not be hidden.

At the end of the road, there are two high, black gates, which are almost the same color as the high walls on both sides, and here in the dark night, there is a kind of cold air that penetrates into the face.

"Your Highness."

Qinglin spoke cautiously.

"It turns out that the prison is like this."

Stopping in place and looking up, Yu Yide said such an exclamation, he was used to seeing the red-walled, gold-roofed and green-tiled buildings in the palace, and the big prison in front of him made him look at it, and a kind of cold air rose from the soles of his feet.

"Your Highness, let your subordinates go down."

Qinglin pleases for help.

"You're going? Do you know who Prince Ben is looking for? What words to ask? Yu Yide's eyes were level, and he didn't know if he was affected by the cold air around him, and his words were three points colder.

"......" Qinglin was speechless, he didn't know why His Royal Highness had dinner at the emperor's place, and lied about Huichunhui Garden, but asked him to lead the way to the palace prison.

One of the darkest places in the Daewoo Dynasty's imperial palace is the Heavenly Prison, which is said to have been used as a cold palace and later changed to a Heavenly Prison. People who are not familiar with the terrain in the palace will never find this hidden and remote place.

But what the master didn't say, his subordinates couldn't open their mouths to ask, and they could only guess that it might be related to His Royal Highness hearing the conversation between the emperor and King Duan.

"There are some things that you still don't know." At the end, Yu Yide added a note to Qinglin's heart, "You are guarding outside, and Prince Ben will go in by himself." ”

"Your Highness!" Qinglin was anxious when he heard this, His Highness was planning to break into the prison alone! Even his father Donglin couldn't tell what kind of skills the guards of the Heavenly Prison were, how could His Highness risk his life, not to mention that he had just been seriously injured. If you are unstable, you will regret it.

"It doesn't matter." Yu Yide didn't intend to listen to Qinglin say more, so he continued to walk towards the dark gate.

It wasn't until he got closer that he saw that the reason why the two palace doors were dark was because they were made of fine iron, and after a little surprise, Yu Yide did not have the idea of retreating, and there was a mess of questions in his mind, the person in the prison was the only breakthrough he could find.

It's not that he hasn't hesitated, it's not that he hasn't thought about what to do and doesn't know how to continue to be a prince, but after all, curiosity has the upper hand.

"What people!" A sharp rebuke accompanied by the sound of metal grinding from the hilt of the knife suddenly sounded.

At the same time, two black figures burst out of nowhere, blocking in front of Yu Yide, Qinglin didn't care about following the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at this time, and stepped forward with an arrow, and at the same time held the saber at his waist and was ready to cross the room at any time.

"You, the guards of this prison? Good skills. Yu Yide stood still, not because he was calm and immobile, but because he didn't react at all, what came to his mind at that moment was that if the assassin who assassinated him that day was such a skill, I am afraid that he would not have the life to meet Sister Qiqi a long time ago.

Oh, after the thought turned, Yu Yide realized that his concern for Sister Qiqi was so hopeless, so he thought about going over the wall of Qiqi's small courtyard when he was seriously injured.

"See the Prince!" One of the leaders of the two guards withdrew his saber first, and the other withheld it, while the two of them knelt on one knee and greeted Yu Yide. "My subordinates don't know that it's the prince, and if I offend, I ask His Royal Highness to atone for his sins."

"The two of you are also loyal to your duties, but it is rare for you to stay in such a remote corner and still recognize Prince Ben." With a raise of hand, let the two of them get up. "This is a prison?"

"Back to Your Highness, yes. The two of us are the guards in charge of the periphery of the prison, subordinate Nie Zuo, and his name is Nie Right. "The leader is Nie Zuo, who will answer His Royal Highness the Prince's questions.

"Yes." Yu Yide didn't say anything on his face, but in his heart he thought about the two people in front of him, Nie Zuo Nie Right, they were two brothers, but he had never heard of any of the palace guards who kept their family names. Even Donglin and Qinglin, since they entered the mansion to do things, they have put their original surnames at the back, which is already regarded as a favor from their father.

"Take it, the two of them are far above you, the left guard." Qinglin, who was still in the middle, became an eyesore, Yu Yide patted him on the shoulder, and said very shamelessly.

"Nie guards, two Nie guards, this prince wants to go into the prison to see someone, if you ......" All kinds of plans in my mind to sneak in or break in hard will not work, and I can only suppress people in the position of power, although Yu Yide seems to be unsure whether his identity as a prince will work for this Nie Zuo Nie Right.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is coming to see that Lord Zhen Qichang." Nie Zuo looked like he had already known, Zhen Qichang, the real name of the crazy Lord Zhen. "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can see whoever he wants. Please also ask Your Highness to go inside. ”

"The light inside is a little dim, please pay more attention to His Royal Highness the Prince, and his subordinates will lead the way for His Highness." Nie You just dodged to make way for His Royal Highness the Prince, while Nie Zuo walked in front of Yu Yide.

"Left guard? Please wait here. Nie Youyi stretched out his hand to stop Qinglin who wanted to step forward, in the middle of the night, Nie Zuo's already dark complexion was even more difficult to see all, but Qinglin knew very well that he heard a lot of ridicule in Nie You's tone.

"Your Highness." Qing Lin looked at Yu Yide a little anxiously, and after Yu Yide said with half of his face and waited, he didn't pay much attention to it, and disappeared behind Nie Zuo behind the heavy black palace gate.

"Nie guard, this prince is not sure if this is the official title of the two of your brothers. However, as a prison, there seem to be fewer guards. As Nie You said before, there is not much difference between inside and outside the door, and the visibility is low, but Nie Zuo in front of him seems to be able to understand something, and the familiar one is as weird as a blind man entering and exiting freely in his bedroom.

"What is the position, the two subordinate brothers don't care too much, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, please." A fork in the road that was not visible at all turned left, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to worry, there are not many prisoners locked up here, and no one can get out of the iron fence." ”

"Ahem, Zhen Qichang still keeps saying some crazy things?" Yu Yide originally just wanted to ask, even if he was the crown prince, the guards took him into the prison at will, which seemed to be against the palace rules, but the two Nie guards said that they were guarding the periphery of the prison, but after walking for so long, not a single guard in the prison had been met, and a prison that looked so strict from the outside would not have an empty shell inside.

"I don't know what kind of amazing ghost the former Lord Zhen saw, anyway, I haven't heard him say a decent word since then. The last time Prince Duan came to interrogate him by holy decree, he had been interrogated for a long time, and I was afraid that he would not have gotten anything useful, otherwise he would not have bothered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to run once. ”

Two more corners, finally stopped in front of a cell with two small, flickering old lanterns, and a shivering figure could be seen curled up in the corner of the cell.

"The subordinates are at the end of the corridor, if there is anything, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will greet the subordinates." As soon as Nie Zuo finished speaking, he had already disappeared into the darkness.

Yu Yide looked at the direction Nie Zuo left, his brows furrowed slightly, as far as he overheard, the Fourth Emperor Uncle didn't ask anything, but confirmed something, so Nie Zuo said this unintentionally, or to show that he would retreat to the safest distance, no matter what he said to Zhen Qichang, he would not hear it, or even if he heard it, he would not say it.

The two brothers of the Nie family, like Qinglin, claimed to be subordinates in front of themselves, which can be regarded as a hint of loyalty.

"Who? Who is it? The old and weak voice pulled Yu Yide's thoughts back, and he no longer cared about the various things surnamed Nie.

"Master Zhen, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you like this?" Trying to start with the usual topic, to be honest, to come here is decided by Yu Yide's impulsiveness, and he hasn't thought about what to say after entering the heavenly prison and seeing Zhen Qichang.

"The Fifth Prince? Oh no, the guilty minister greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Although he was not yet in tatters, Zhen Qichang tidied up the clothes he had been wearing for a few days, knelt on the haystack and kowtowed to Yu Yide.

"Huh? It is said that Lord Zhen has hysteria, but Prince Ben didn't see where there was hysteria, if Prince Ben remembered correctly, when Lord Zhen was imprisoned here, Prince Ben was only the fifth prince. "When Zhen Qichang moves to the light, Yu Yide can take a good look at him, being locked up in this place is much more difficult than living like a year." It seems that those who say that the prison is haunted are pure fallacies to confuse the public, isn't it good for Lord Zhen. ”

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has anything you want to ask, just ask, although the criminal minister stays here and doesn't know what is going on outside, it is estimated that His Royal Highness will not come here at the right time."

Getting up, still kneeling on the ground, Zhen Qichang seemed to be a different person, even if he was not frightened by ghosts, he was not like the old and sluggish head of the courtyard in Yu Yide's impression before.

"This prince still remembers the scene when Lord Zhen took care of this prince's body in the past, it is as vivid as yesterday, how can the world change time, I don't know who to find to relieve the symptoms if the queen mother's head wind occurs again in the future."

Why do you want Yu Yide to ask, he doesn't know where to start, can he just say, what did you say to Prince Duan?

"How can a criminal be a sinner!" Another bang, Zhen Qichang finally raised his eyes and looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing in front of him, more than ten years have made him grow so good, and as he always thought, the emperor would only appoint five princes as princes.

It's not because the five princes were born to the queen's mother, it's just because the five princes are the emperor's favorite sons.

"The criminal minister knows that his time is short, and it is already the mercy of God to commit an irreparable mistake and steal his life, and he does not ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to intercede for the criminal minister, and the emperor did not immediately give the minister the capital punishment."

As if he had made up his mind, Zhen Qichang knelt and sat with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince following the iron fence, his fate was not under his control from the beginning, he really wanted to have once, only once, to decide what he should do.