Chapter 45: The Prison of the Brocade Guard
Ah Niu urgently ran to report to Zhu Qi, saying that Xia Chan now saw that the limelight had passed, and quietly returned to the Xia family, claiming to be the niece of the Xia family.
"If we can know that Xia Cicada is an impostor, others will be able to find out. Brother Niu, please hide the Xia Cicada properly as soon as possible, as long as others can't find the Xia Cicada, the one in the palace is the real Xia Cicada. Zhu Qi instructed Ah Niu.
He was still not at ease, and clenched his fists while learning the etiquette of the rivers and lakes and said: "This matter is related to the life of this Xia Cicada girl in the palace, please!" ”
Seeing that the prince was so humble to himself, Ah Niu replied movingly: "Your Highness, don't be polite, the villain should do his best!" ”
Sent away Ah Niu, Zhu Qi decided to go to the edict in disguise.
As soon as he heard the news, the battalion asked Ming Xiaozong to transfer the big manure from the prison of the Criminal Department to the Jinyiwei Prison and hand it over to Jinyiwei for personal trial.
Zhu Qi felt strange that Ying Shengben had nothing to do with this matter, but he suddenly intervened in something himself, and there must be a purpose.
Everyone knows that the edict prison is a ghost gate, and nine times out of ten those who are caught in it will not return.
The Criminal Department, the Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have no right to interrogate prisoners.
The penal code was extremely cruel, and it was said that there were eighteen types of torture, but no one could survive five of them.
Zhu Qi is afraid that before he can ask the matter clearly, the big man's dung will die, and his kidnapping case will become an unsolved case again.
He and Huzi disguised themselves as eunuchs and quietly left the palace.
Before arriving at the Jinyi Guard's prison, they changed into civilian attire.
The Jinyi Guard's prison is semi-underground, and the cell has no windows.
No sooner had the jailer opened the door than the stench of damp, cold air filled his face.
Zhu Qi couldn't help but cover his nose.
Huzi put a silver ingot in the jailer's hand, saying that he wanted to see the big man's dung.
"This is a criminal to be committed, and the boss has confessed, and no one can visit the prison." The jailer said with a tiger face as he weighed the weight of the silver.
Huzi took out two ingots of silver and stuffed them into his hands.
He looked at Zhu Qi with a flattering smile and said, "For the sake of the silver, the son will go and come back quickly." ”
Zhu Qi walked down the bluestone steps.
Connecting the stairs were long passageways, lined with rows of sealed doors, thick walls that made it impossible to see who was inside.
Although it was sunny outside the prison, there was no sunlight here, because there was not a single window.
In the faint and flickering candlelight, there were screams from time to time, bursts piercing people's bones, making people shudder.
Huzi shuddered and walked close to Zhu Qi.
The jailer opened one of the doors, and the big man was curled up in the corner, his hands and feet chained, and his prison clothes were stained with blood.
The jailer kicked him and said viciously: "Get up! ”
He didn't move.
The jailer bent down and pulled him over, and immediately exclaimed, "It's over, it's dead!" The big guy is dung! ”
I saw that this fat big guy who was like a maggot had his eyes wide open, bleeding from his seven orifices, and obviously died of poisoning.
Zhu Qi was very disappointed, afraid of something!
The person who killed him can put his claws into the invulnerable edict, which shows how big the power behind it is!
"Childe leave quickly! I've got to go and tell the sir. The jailer urged Zhu Qi and them to leave quickly, and locked the door in a panic.
Zhu Qi strode out, and as soon as he stepped up the steps, he was greeted by a few people.
When the leader saw Zhu Qi, he stopped, and the two stared at Zhu Qi, full of hostility.
Zhu Qi knew him, he was the Jinyi Guard General Camp Tieshu who often guarded his father's side, no, now he should be a pacification envoy.
Zhu Qizheng wondered why this kid was so disrespectful to himself, and the jailer ran over to report urgently: "The big guy is dung!" ”
As soon as Ying Tieshu heard this, he didn't care about Zhu Qi, so he rushed in, shouting as he rushed: "Close the door tightly, no one is allowed to enter or exit!" ”