Chapter 453: Prison Visits, Lynchings, Nightmares Come True
The county commander was shocked and frightened when he saw that Yifeng and the others were going to the back house with the princess of Nanwang.
What is surprising is that no matter whether this eldest lady of Du Mansion is the princess of the Southern Prince, or the female princess of the emperor himself, he can't afford to provoke it, and what he is afraid of is that once his wife knows that he is secretly raising a concubine outside and has a child, he is afraid that he will never have peace.
His wife, one cry, two troubles, three hangings, if there is a trouble, the whole yamen will not be able to live in peace.
He regretted that he shouldn't have let her in when he saw the note from the corner door, and if he could keep her out, it would be better to say something, and then at most he would not admit it, and coax his wife to say that it was all rumors outside.
As a result, he had a thought, and he actually put in a statue that he couldn't provoke and couldn't hide.
Yifeng's class of officials made him even more troubled.
It's obviously his subordinates, but now it's the opposite to the princess, I haven't seen them so enthusiastic when handling the case, and now it's a top two.
In fact, what he didn't know was that Du Wei had already informed Yifeng and them that as long as Du Yifan's case was successfully concluded, their brothers could go to Youlan Pavilion to work as a nurse.
The work of the government servants, the appearance is beautiful, if it is for the good people, it is fine, but the brothers under Yifeng and their hands are all untouchables who barely saved their lives after the lawsuit, and their status is extremely low, and even the three generations of children and grandchildren cannot participate in the imperial examination, nor can they donate to buy officials, which is despised by the gentry, and it is good that they can mix a few pennies a day to fill their stomachs.
But being able to go to Youlan Pavilion as a nursing home is different.
Du Wei had already told them about the various benefits of Youlan Pavilion, and it was too late for Yifeng and the others to be happy, so they took special care of Du Yifan's case.
The county magistrate saw that Du Wei was about to go to the back house, and the sweat came down in a hurry.
"Princess, please stay...... The princess! The county magistrate suddenly stopped in front of Du Wei and begged: "If it is not the lower official who intends to embarrass you, it is really ...... Your eldest brother's case is not over, and the lower officials can't release him......"
Du Wei's eyes widened, "I didn't let you release you now." ”
"Then you are ......"
"I want to see my eldest brother." Du Wei was word-by-word.
The county magistrate seemed to be a little hesitant, and Du Wei said: "Forget it, I don't want to make it difficult for others, I'll go and talk to your wife." ”
"The princess stays!" The county order said all the good things, but Du Wei didn't pay attention to him at all, he took a step forward suddenly, and just blocked the corner door that Du Wei was about to enter.
The corner gate is narrow, the county commander is obese, and he usually walks through the side door, and he doesn't hit this at all, so he didn't expect this door to match his body so much.
"Quick...... Come and pull me, I'm ...... Got stuck! The prefectural order shouted.
Yifeng and the others forced a laugh and stepped forward to pull the county commander's arm, but it took a long time to pull him out.
Du Wei didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, and was standing with the chief steward to watch the excitement, when she suddenly heard a woman's voice from the courtyard: "Huh? Isn't this the big man? Why don't you stand there and not come in? ”
Hearing this, the county commander's face turned white, and he twisted his ass desperately to break free from the door.
Du Wei's heart couldn't help but move, and she immediately said loudly: "The person talking over there must be Mrs. Zun, can you see it?" ”
The voice of the woman over there disappeared immediately.
The county commander only felt that he had never been so embarrassed in his life, and behind the courtyard was his wife, and now he was stuck again, Du Wei's sentence just now must have aroused his wife's suspicions, and he couldn't figure out how to explain it to get through the test for a while.
At that moment, the county magistrate had to stare at Yifeng and them, and said: "It's all stupid to stand here and do something, the princess wants to see her eldest brother, you go and take care of it." He turned his head and flattered Du Wei again: "Concubine Shizi, if it weren't for the lower officials not to help, this case was pressed by the Cong Mansion, and the lower officials couldn't ......help it."
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Du Wei didn't bother to see the ugliness of the county order here, so she turned around and followed Yifeng and the others to Yimen.
The prison gate is opened in the southwest corner of the Yimen, and you can go straight along the west side of the road in front of the Yimen, and you can see the big word "prison" in the middle of the arched round door in the distance.
The wall is more than three meters high, and there are dense thistles climbing on it.
Fortunately, Yifeng and the others were familiar with the terrain, and Du Wei entered the courtyard without much effort.
When she passed by the current torture room, she glanced inside, only to see that there were commonly used torture instruments such as "standing cages", "tiger chairs", and "splints" in the inside, and the room was dark and damp, with insufficient sunlight, and a strong smell of decay was exuding everywhere.
Du Wei followed Yifeng and the others to a men's cell, and Yifeng retreated to the back and whispered to a few acquaintance jailers.
The chief steward hurriedly took out some broken silver and counted it, and the jailers divided it, so they reluctantly stood farther away.
Du Wei held the wooden fence with both hands and looked into the cell, but saw a man lying on a straw bed, his blue satin robe was so dirty that he couldn't see his original color, his hair was half scattered, and he was curled up there face in.
“…… Eldest brother? Du Wei called softly, and the trembling voice didn't seem to come from herself.
The man on the straw shop couldn't help but be shocked, and when he turned his head, Du Wei only felt a "boom" in his head.
On Du Yifan's face, the clear and flawless eyes were gone, replaced by a pair of blurred and empty eyes, and he looked around, as if he didn't see Du Wei in front of him at all.
"Who?" He replied in a low voice, listening intently, as if he heard a low wheezing sound from ahead.
He pressed one hand on his chest, struggled to sit up, and asked, "Who is there?" ”
When Du Mianfan sat up, Du Wei saw clearly that his front shirt was covered with blood, as if he had been stabbed by countless sharp objects.
Even the chief steward was shocked as if he had been struck by lightning and stood on the spot.
This is what it looks like...... Obviously he has been punished.
But the case has not yet been tried, why is the sentence used?
The chief steward suppressed the anger in his heart, turned to the jailers and said, "I wonder if you can give an explanation, what's going on?" ”
The jailers didn't care, and said indifferently: "We are just responsible for following orders, and we don't know anything else." ”
Seeing this situation, Yifeng was also stunned, he stepped forward a few steps, and also saw the tragic situation on Du Yifan's body, he couldn't help but gasp, and said in a low voice: "I haven't seen this injury the day before yesterday...... Presumably it was the lynching they used yesterday. ”
Du Wei's eyes widened, looking directly at the eldest brother in front of her, looking at the wounds on his body that seemed to have been stabbed by countless sharp points, only to feel that a thousand catties of boulder fell from her chest, which made her breathless and wanted to speak, but her lips moved for a long time, but she couldn't even spit out a word.
The terrible scene in the dream finally became a reality......