Zheng Ying smiled slightly after reading the letter, and folded the letter and handed it to the cell leader: "Since Lord Zhao wants to see Mrs. Zhao, let him see him." Ten taels of silver for this trip, you must not forget to ask Mrs. Zhao to collect money. ”

The honest cell boss nodded at Zheng Ying with a smile and replied, "Master, don't worry, your subordinates will do it properly, and there will be no mistakes." ”

In the evening of this day, Mrs. Zhao panicked and collected some clothes and food, and followed the cell boss to the prison of the Criminal Department to visit her husband. After Mrs. Zhao received Zhao Zhiliang's letter, she was actually very surprised, she always thought that her husband followed King Xin to the Criminal Department, but only cooperated with the inquiry, but she never expected that she was actually in prison.

According to Zhao Zhiliang's instructions, Mrs. Zhao first sent someone to Li Xiang's mansion to deliver a letter, and then found someone to inquire about the news of the DPRK, and then followed the cell head to the prison of the Criminal Department.

As soon as she saw Zhao Zhiliang, who was stripped of her official uniform and imprisoned in prison, Mrs. Zhao was distressed and scared, and couldn't help crying.

"What are you crying about," Zhao Zhiliang looked very impatient: "I'm not dead yet." ”

"How can the master say that," Mrs. Zhao wiped her tears with sorrow: "The concubine is worried about you, what's going on!" Well, how did he get taken into custody? ”

"You ask me, I ask who to go." Zhao Zhiliang frowned, and his attitude towards his wife was very bad: "Have you done everything you were asked to do?" ”

"I've already sent someone to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Li's mansion." Mrs. Zhao nodded hurriedly.

"That's good." Zhao Zhiliang breathed a sigh of relief slightly: "What is the situation in the military department?" Who was taken to the Criminal Department? Have you inquired? ”

"Yes." Mrs. Zhao cried again as she spoke: "Master, I haven't heard that anyone in the military department has also been taken into custody. Today, Sun Shangshu is on the song, to buy grain and grass in Gyeonggi, the emperor has agreed, the concubine has let people inquire, the military department set up a temporary requisition yamen in Shenshui Street, Nanshi, Sun Shangshu personally sat in charge of collecting grain, that Jiang Wenbin, I heard that Sun Shangshu sent him to negotiate with the big grain in Gyeonggi about collecting grain, when the concubine sent someone to inquire about the news, Jiang Shilang was in the Qinglong grain store in Baofu Lane. ”

"What?" Zhao Zhiliang was in a hurry, stretched out his hand directly from the crack in the prison bar, and pulled his wife's shirt: "Are you sure?" Is the whole military department all right? King Xin only put me in prison in the Criminal Department? ”

"Yes! Master, what can I do? Mrs. Zhao wiped her tears and replied, "Who have you offended!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhao Zhiliang reprimanded Mrs. Zhao viciously: "When did I offend someone!" You're okay don't curse me. Did you bring pen and ink? I'll write two letters, and you can help me carry them out today, remember, don't delay. ”

"Bring, bringing." Mrs. Zhao hurriedly lowered her head to rummage through the delicate three-layer food box at her feet, but as soon as she handed over the pen and ink to Zhao Zhiliang, the cell boss hurriedly ran in.

"Ma'am, you have to go." The honest cell boss looked anxious, wiping the cold sweat on his forehead: "It's really unfortunate, Si Guan Lang came to patrol the prison, and it would be bad if he was discovered, you leave quickly." ”

"But ......" Mrs. Zhao was still holding the brush and hesitating, and the cell boss was so anxious that she lifted the delicate food box on the ground and stuffed it directly into her arms.

"Give the things to Lord Zhao, you can leave quickly," the cell boss persuaded Mrs. Zhao as he drove out like a duck: "If you are really discovered by Lord Siguan, you will never be able to enter again, Lord Zhao is afraid that he will also have to suffer some involvement, maybe he will be taken to the Dark Prison Heavenly Prison, which is not a place for people to stay." ”

"But I'm ......" Zhao Zhiliang looked at the pen and paper in Mrs. Zhao's hand with an unyielding face, and he hadn't had time to write a letter for help.

"My lord, if you want to carry the letter, when there is a suitable opportunity, the villain can help you run, but now the lady really has to go out." As if he had seen Zhao Zhiliang's expression, the cell boss turned around and added.

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Zhiliang immediately gave up struggling, he turned around directly, sat cross-legged on the simple wooden bed in the cell as if he was meditating, closed his eyes, straightened his waist, and deliberately put on a calm and relaxed model, as if he was not weak at all.

Soon after Mrs. Zhao left, the "prison patrol" clerk came in, and he pretended to walk around the prison without asking a word, as if he was going through the motions, and went out.

Such a perfunctory "prison patrol" process did not arouse the slightest vigilance and suspicion of Zhao Zhiliang. This is also normal, because Zhao Zhiliang himself is a superficial faction who goes through the motions of work, and he does errands on weekdays, and he can be perfunctory, but he thinks it is very reasonable for Siguan to patrol the prison like this.

This prison visit, deliberately arranged by Zheng Ying, has achieved its goal. Zhao Zhiliang already knew his current situation through his wife - everyone in the Ministry of War was fine, only he was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department.

This realization made Zhao Zhiliang very panicked, and it also made him even more convinced that he had fallen into the trap of others and became a ready-made scapegoat.

This "other" will not be anyone else, it will only be He Wenmao.

The more Zhao Zhiliang thought about it, the more scared he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he regretted it, and he couldn't help but take advantage of no one and cursed in a low voice in prison: "This bastard!" I have already thought about dragging Lao Tzu into the water! Damn, I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost. ”

Mrs. Zhao, who was sent out by the cell boss, felt uneasy, turned around and stuffed a heavy bag of silver to the cell boss, and asked the cell boss to take good care of Zhao Zhiliang.

"Madam, please rest assured," the cell boss, who looked very honest, took the silver and nodded solemnly at Mrs. Zhao: "The villain must be dedicated." ”

"I'm tired of you," Mrs. Zhao looked grateful: "Our lord wants to send a letter outside, please also ask you, be careful." ”

"Madame don't worry," the cell boss said in a very sincere tone, but he said something alive: "The villain will definitely look for a suitable opportunity to help the adult carry the letter, this place is very angry, and Madame is not good to stay for a long time, so let's go back quickly." ”

drove away Mrs. Zhao, the cell boss picked up the silver with a smile, and sure enough, he sent pen and ink to Zhao Zhiliang, but his words were clear, Si Guan kept an eye on it, he had to go to prison for a few days, and he had to wait for the day when he was not on duty to help Zhao Zhiliang deliver the letter.

Zhao Zhiliang couldn't care about anything at the moment, so he had to hurriedly write two letters for help, one to Li Xiang and one to King Yi. The head of the cell held the letter with a sad face: "My lord, this letter is for King Yi, in a place like King Yi's mansion, the villain is not sure that he can send the letter in smoothly!" ”