The sun is just right outside, but the prison is dark all year round, and the sun and moon are not visible.

Mei Xiaoren came to the prison after she was on duty and interrogated the key criminals she caught last night.

Wu Xian has been locked up in prison all night, when has this son from the scholar clan suffered now, but even if he is in prison, he has not put down the shelf of the noble son, and sat quietly on the dry grass, quite indifferent.

Mei Xiaoren walked outside the cell and glanced at Wu Xian, but the people inside chose to ignore her.

Now, where Wu Xian can hide if he wants to, Mei Xiaoren ordered the jailer to escort Wu Xian out, and she went to the torture room to wait first.

The torture cell was a closed room on all sides, darker than the cell, except for the small window in the wall that let in a little light, but the little sunlight was out of reach for the prisoners who entered the room.

Wu Xian has a family and relatives, and he will not resist or run away for his own selfish desires, so Mei Xiaoren did not let the jailer tie him to the cross, let him stand there to answer.

Mei Xiaoren also did not sit in the seat of the chief judge, and stood face to face with Wu Xian, but he was condescending.

She left only one scribe to record possible testimony and sent the others away.

After standing for a moment, Mei Xiaoren asked calmly: "One thought, from an official of the court to a key criminal of the court, does senior brother think this is worth it?" ”

Wu Xian was not only not sad, but also had a smile on his face, and replied without hesitation: "Of course it's not worth it, so now I regret it, senior brother, I regret not being at the beginning!" ”

Mei Xiaoren also smiled politely, "I guess what you regret is not that you killed someone, but that when you were in the academy, you couldn't get rid of me with Wen Bin in one fell swoop." ”

"Those who know me, so do my junior brothers." Wu Xian looked at Mei Xiaoren, the smile on his lips had already dissipated, and he said slowly, "If I could get rid of you as a small county official at that time, why would you be in trouble now." ”

"Realize the past, you missed the opportunity, you have to bear the present."

Wu Xian laughed a few times, "Bear the moment? If I confess my sins and accept the present, will I still have a future, will Lord Fu Yin leave me a way to live for the sake of my honesty? ”

Mei Xiaoren didn't say much to him, and pulled out a rolled piece of paper from his sleeve. She saw that the iron chain in Wu Xian's hand was unsolved, walked down the steps, unfolded the paper herself, and showed it to Wu Xian to look at.

She stood silently, did not speak, but paid attention to Wu Xian's reaction, and found that Wu Xian's face was much whiter than before.

"Do you think that if you don't recognize it, the laws of Daning will take you seriously?" Mei Xiaoren withdrew his hand, and while folding Gao You's confession, he said, "In addition to poisoning and killing people to blame the imperial officials, you also have the crime of instigating the forbidden army to lead troops into the city, and each one is enough for you to go to the guillotine." ”

Wu Xian closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and stopped answering.

Mei Xiaoren already knew what the connection was between Wu Xian and Xiuyu, and also knew the ins and outs of Wu Xian's poisoning of Xiuyu, but she couldn't prepare the charges in advance for Wu Xian to draw the charge, because Wu Xian had only confided everything to Ye Zhi, and if she came up with the guilt, Wu Xian would be able to guess Ye Zhi's head immediately.

Wu Xian has been imprisoned, but the Wu family is still there, Wu Shilang has been an official in the court for decades, and his power should not be underestimated, and it is almost impossible to retaliate against her, but it is a threat to Ye Zhi.

The more a person commits a felony, the less easily he will confide in the whole, as long as he is convicted, he is a dead end, how not to do the dying struggle.

As long as people are in her hands, she can afford to wait!

The Mansion of the Duke of Wei.

"Smack!" , another teacup was thrown to the ground......

Since Gao You was imprisoned, the staff members have lost sight of the first cups smashed by the Grand Master Guogong.

The hall was solemn, and the officials had already had a way to deal with the anger of the prince, that is, they buried their heads and did not speak. In fact, it's not that they don't dare, but they don't know how to solve problems for the Guogong.

It's strange that the house leak happened to rain overnight, Gao You is still in prison and his life and death are uncertain, and now he is trapped in a Wu Gongzi, and he was tricked by Mei Xiaoren's envoy, so how can Lord Guogong not be angry.

Wei Guogong originally turned his back to the officials on both sides of the hall, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked: "Ye Zhi, I asked you to check the people behind the scenes, you said you couldn't find out, so how can Mei Xiaoren find out that the murder was committed by Wu Xian?" ”

Ye Zhi replied: "The righteous father is angry, why can Meifu Yin find out the mastermind, the child doesn't know, but the child has no way to verify, after all, the child has no clues in his hand, and there is no way to investigate." ”

An official answered: "Yes, my lord, General Gao is still in the hands of Gu Xiang, maybe he confessed to Wu Gongzi." ”

The family came to salute: "Master, the household servant is out asking to see you." ”

Wei Guogong sneered, "He still has the face to come to see the old man, and see how big the good son he taught stabbed the old man!" ”

The official persuaded: "Your Excellency is angry, your Excellency is now losing troops and losing generals, I am afraid that Gu Xiangzheng will be happy, since the household servant is still willing to come to see your lord, it means that he is still ...... your lord."

"Father-in-law, according to the child's opinion, the father-in-law should meet Wu Shilang." Ye Zhi also said, "Wu Xian has always followed his father-in-law's left and right, and he knows all about his father-in-law's plans, if he talks nonsense in the Shangjing Mansion, it will be very disadvantageous to his father-in-law." ”

"The young general is right, the adults should remind Wu Shilang, when he goes to see his son in prison, let him be alert to Wu Gongzi, don't say everything that should be said and shouldn't be said in order to save his life."

Wei Guogong sat down in the hall, lowered his sleeves, and motioned for the family to pass it.

Everyone sat down and looked at the door in unison.

After a while, Wu Shilang followed the guide to the family, bending over and burying his head all the way, looking very humble.

Wu Shilang hurriedly came in, knelt down when he walked into the hall, kowtowed, and seemed to be very sad: "Lord Guogong, I have come to ask you for my guilt." ”

Wei Guogong didn't look at the people lying on the ground, and said indifferently: "Where did Wu Shilang start with this, when did you offend the old man?" ”

"The lowly position is to accompany the prince on behalf of the bastard boy of the lowly position, that beast committed such a crime, it is really in vain for the cultivation of the lord of the country!"

"Wu Shilang, Ling Lang is not just wasting the cultivation of the Guogong Lord, he is smearing the Guogong Mansion!" An official pointed at Wu Shilang, who seemed to be even more distressed than Wei Guogong, "Everyone knows that the Chengdong murder case is someone who wants to frame the blame for Meifu Yin, but I didn't expect it to be Ling Gongzi's doing, everyone in the court knows that Ling Gongzi is a junior general under the command of Guogong, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not mistakenly think that it is Guogong who set up a situation in order to eliminate dissidents!" ”

Another minister stiffened his face and said: "It's useless for you to plead guilty, it's better to go to the prison to see your son, let him take care of his mouth, don't say something that shouldn't be said, and embarrass your father in the court." ”

"Humble ...... It was for this matter that the lowly office came to ask the adult, and the lowly office wanted to go to the prison to see the bastard, but Meifu Yin did not agree......"