Chapter 56: Important Confessions
In the darkness of the prison, the officials came and went to light the candlesticks on the four walls, and the candlesticks burst one after another, and the prisoners in the cage moved, but turned their bodies away from the cell door and turned their ears.
Someone opened the lock, the delicate fabric grazed the chains and hissed smoothly, and someone stepped on the prisoner's discarded bones and swallowed them back in his throat with a scream, for this place they didn't come often.
Chen Zhi turned over and sat up, describing him as haggard.
The Lord kowtowed carefully. The cell boss reminded.
He Fangnian's equally haggard face fell into Chen Zhi's eyes first, and he was so startled that he bounced, and his two pairs of bloodshot eyes looked at each other for a long time.
Chen Zhi hung his head, feeling very guilty, and kept rubbing his two hands on his clothes. "I ...... the house"
He Fangnian raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and the cell boss moved in two wooden chairs, and He Fangnian said, "Sit, you and I have a good word." ”
The voice was tired, with a bit of old age.
Chen Zhitou buried his head lower, and sat down according to his words, "The owner of that brand, can you find it?" ”
He Fangnian nodded, "Xu Yuan is investigating, I believe there will be results soon, you should know what Xu Yuan's ability is." ”
Xu Yuan did not hide from He Fangnian that he learned marksmanship in the Sanquan Martial Arts Gym, as a teacher, He Fangnian hoped that Xu Yuan could learn from others, and there was a student who could write and martial arts, and he would also be glorious when his colleagues bragged to each other.
"What happened in Liuyin Mountain and Shilipo that night, you have to tell you every detail today, so that the official can return your innocence."
Chen knew that violating the curfew would result in 40 lashes, and that the crime of setting fire to a mountain was much more serious than that, and he would choose the lesser of the two evils.
"That night, after Xiaomin went out of the city to confirm the red tassel gun, he was about to return the same way, when two people suddenly ran down from the direction of Liuyin Mountain, and I took a look at them......" Chen Zhi saw two long figures rushing out of a firelight, and the blades flashed in front of his eyes.
He swallowed his throat and continued: "Both of them were masked, and they were also startled when they saw me at Shilipo, and they slashed at me without saying a word...... Their martial arts skills are very high, I can't parry after two moves, if it weren't for the two black-clothed people rushing out from behind, I might have died......"
He Fangnian hurriedly stopped him, Chen Zhike hadn't said it in such detail before, and when he mentioned the man in black, he was afraid that the man in black would retaliate after finding out his identity?
"Which group of men in black does the sign you see belong to?"
Chen knew: "A few days ago, when the four of them were fighting, the fire had already burned down the mountain, and I saw it by the light of the fire. The two men in black who rescued me were not very good, and after a while, they fled, and I ran back to the city with them but without success. ”
He Fangnian also knew what happened after that, he was arrested by soldiers at that time.
At the end of the cramped aisle, there was the sound of eager footsteps, and after a while, Xu Yuan walked quickly into the cell where Chen Zhi was being held, leaned over and said two words in He Fangnian's ear, He Fangnian's frowning brows tightened, the cell head was on the side of the fence and his head was on the side of the ear, and Chen Zhi's eyes followed Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan didn't have time to pay attention to Chen Zhi distractedly, and after He Fangnian nodded after hearing this, he hurriedly walked out of the prison like the wind, as if this person had never appeared.
He Fangnian pinched the mountain root tiredly and asked, "In addition to meeting the man in black, have you seen other people go to Liuyin Mountain?" ”
Chen Zhi shook his head.
He Fangnian stepped out of the prison, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
Xu Yuan's long body stood in the autumn wind, the soldiers condensed their eyebrows and listened carefully to his instructions and refused to miss a word, Xu Yuan's light sleeves rolled in the wind, and the sky and earth in the distance were colorful, and Xu Yuan, who was standing here, felt a little like he could turn over the clouds and rain.
Just when he was out of his mind to enjoy such beautiful scenery, Xu Yuan had already come to the front, and He Fangnian put away his thoughts and said, "Who knows that General Gu went out of the city that night?" ”
Xu Yuan said: "There is only an old man who pushes a manure truck." ”
These powerful and rich people are really not worrying! He Fangnian threw down his sleeves, went to the hall of the government with Xu Yuan, and said at the end: "Tomorrow, please General Gu." ”
……
Ruan Yanliang took a lot of effort and finally entered the gate of Xifu.
The old man guarding the door was not as polite to him as before, and Luo Yi told him for a long time that he couldn't touch this and that...... He is Ruan Miaoling's third uncle, is this the attitude he should have towards his own family?
Don't let him touch it, he wants to touch it! Hearing the old lady say that the Taihu Lake stone in the lotus pond is particularly valuable, he lifted his robe and stepped on the wooden bridge and ran over, stepped on the Taihu Lake stone on his toes, and violently exerted force on his hind feet-
"Poof!"
The gatekeeper who heard the sound saw that he had fallen into the water, turned around and left, Ruan Yanzhe hurriedly fluttered and shouted: "Don't go...... Help me! ”
"If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you, a certain old bone is not capable of rescuing the three old men, why don't you soak for a while? So-and-so went to find a few people. ”
Ruan Yanzhe couldn't wait even if he wanted to, and when he was splashing up and down, he was choked by the cold pool water, and his eyes sank straight into the water.
"Well, why don't you listen to people?"
It's really troublesome, the gatekeeper shook his head, stepped on the wooden bridge pile on his toes like a fishing heron and went straight to the water, half an arm submerged in the water, suddenly lifted up, and threw Ruan Yanzhe to the ground like a chicken cub.
Ruan Yanzhe woke up, the room was warm, and there was a fishy smell in the air that drilled straight into his nostrils, and he was itching and sneezing.
"The third master is awake."
A stack of sounds spread out, and then a blue-clothed maid came in.
Ruan Yanzhe stared at him clearly, and suddenly heard the sharp and hearty voice of the blue-clothed maid, and he shrank his neck in shock.
Wen'er took a bowl of hot ginger soup and rested on his bedside, and a maid came up to help him sit up, and Wen'er said on the side: "There was a child who ate a bear's heart and a leopard gall and wanted to climb over the wall of our house, and the slave persuaded him not to do this, but he didn't listen, and turned it over and pricked a glass ballast, three masters, do you say it should be?" ”
Pointing to Sang and scolding Huai, this is! Ruan Yanzhe gritted his teeth and trembled, his limbs seemed to be frozen by ice, and the corners of his mouth pulled a little angry, "Yes!" ”
Wen'er smiled and said, "The third master hurriedly drank the ginger soup, don't you have something to find my young lady." ”
After being reminded by her, Ruan Yanzhe remembered that he had something serious to do this time, so he poured down the ginger soup and kicked on his boots and went to the Xifu study with his questions.
Just why the study? Ruan Yanzhe stood still in front of the door, and suddenly remembered Gu Ren's thick voice behind him, "The third master won't go in?" ”
Come in! Ruan Yanzhe jumped over the threshold with a hippie smile, and saw Ruan Miaoling behind the table at a glance, her thin body wrapped in a huge circle chair, like a weak trapped beast.
The little beast raised its head and smiled at him, raised its eyebrows, and said, "Third Uncle, please take a seat." ”
smiled innocently and harmlessly, he almost forgot that he and his daughter Miaoyi had been humiliated by Ruan Miaoling.
"Miaoling, the third uncle has something I want to ask you for help...... Since the last time the treasury silver was burned, the silver that Dongfu can use is getting less and less, and Dongfu has so many mouths to feed, can it? ”
Ruan Yanzhe believes that the next words don't need to be said too clearly, Ruan Miaoling can understand it, and Ruan Miaoling does understand.
Ruan Miaoling shook her head and said, "Third uncle, I don't have any money." ”