"Do you have a rule here that you can visit the prison at night?"

"This ......," Li Bin said with a slight hesitation, "My lord, according to the regulations, the family members of prisoners are not allowed to come to visit the prison after the application time, but... Adults, you also know that the little ones are meager, and the whole family is pointing to this extra money, you see......"

"It's okay!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.

"Thank you for your understanding!" , Li Bin smiled and nodded again and again.

"Shen San, when did Zhou Runchang come?"

"Last night was ugly."

"You're visiting the prison so late?"

"It's not all about that face!" , Shen San said.

Nie Xiaohu frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "How many prisoners are there in this prison?" ”

"Counting He Furong who escaped, there are only three in total, and now it is a peaceful and prosperous world! In addition to He Furong and Zhou Ziang, there is also a felony on the second floor, named Meng Huirong, who heard that he killed someone and wanted to be beheaded after the autumn. ”

"When Zhou Runchang came to visit the prison last night, He Furong was still in prison?"

"In! I also took a special look at her cell, where she was sleeping in bed! ”

"Bed? Is there a bed in the cell? Nie Xiaohu couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Oh, that's right, then He Furong just came to think about it, and the sentence is only three days, so the cell where she is being held is a first-class cell, you will know it in a while", Shen San explained busily.

"Take me to see the cell!" , Nie Xiaohu was full of curiosity about this prison.

"Your Excellency, please!" , Li Bin hurriedly led the way and walked towards the iron gate.

"Shen San, don't hurry up yet!" Seeing that Shen San was still standing in place, Li Bin turned his head and glared at him.

"Hey!" , Shen San hurriedly took off the large bunch of keys from his waist, trotted all the way to the front of the iron door, rummaged through the keychain for a while, and opened the iron door as fast as he could.

Behind the iron gate was a small hall, about twice as large as the front, with a straight aisle in the middle and an iron door at the end, and four cells on either side of the aisle, two on the left and right.

The cells were separated by arm-thick wooden purlins that led from the floor to the roof, and each of the four cells was fastened by a wooden door with a copper lock.

The furnishings of the cells were the same, with a wooden bed in the corner with a futon on the bed, a wooden barrel, and a small window about two meters above the ground, the size of a cat, with three thumb-thick iron bars.

"You prisoners are well treated here!" , Nie Xiaohu took a cursory look.

"My lord, these four are first-class cells, which are for those who have made small mistakes and will be released after a few days, so naturally the treatment is better, but there is also a fee, three copper plates a day, and they will be settled together when they go out," Li Bin explained.

"Hmm", Nie Xiaohu nodded, "Which room is He Furong locked up in?" ”

"This is the room," Shen San said, pointing to the cell on the left side of the aisle near the iron gate.

Nie Xiaohu walked over and carefully observed the copper lock on the door, the copper lock was intact, and there was no trace of being pried.

"Has this lock been opened?"

"No", Shen San shook his head, "It hasn't been opened since He Furong was imprisoned, and the food is handed in through the fence." ”

"Was that the lock the way this morning when you found out she was gone?"

"Yes!"

"Open", Nie Xiaohu pointed to the lock on the door.

Shen San immediately took out the key and stepped forward to open the lock, and pulled out the iron cable wrapped around the door. Nie Xiaohu opened the wooden door and walked in, Cao Xiaohui also followed, Tang Yibin, Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao were guarding the door, Li Bin wanted to follow in, but when he saw this posture, he immediately waited outside.

The hay on the inside of the prison was a little messy, the place next to the bed was thin, and the base of the wall was thicker, Nie Xiaohu took a closer look, on the thicker haystack, a little hay was broken from the middle, as if it had been tied by a rope, and a small piece of silk thread was also found in the haystack; The bedding on the bed was open and piled up haphazardly on the bed, with a little hay in between, and a small piece of the light blue sheet was torn off at one corner.

"Brother Tiger, look!"

Cao Xiaohui squatted down and brushed away the hay on the ground at the cell door, and a copper hairpin was lying on the floor.

"This should be He Furong's", Nie Xiaohu picked up the hairpin and looked at it.

"How did you end up here?"

Nie Xiaohu shook his head gently, put away the hairpin, and carefully checked the rest of the prison again, the toilet was new and unused, and the window above the wall was also intact.

"Did she use a hairpin to unlock the door?" , Cao Xiaohui asked with a frown.

Nie Xiaohu didn't answer, walked out of the cell, pointed to the iron door at the end of the aisle and said, "Let's take a look inside!" ”

Shen San immediately rummaged through the keychain and found the key and opened the iron door.

"My lord, this is a second-class cell," Li Bin hurriedly introduced.

Behind the iron gate is a rectangular hall, with a straight passage of more than 50 meters, lined with cells on both sides, and an iron door at the end of the corridor.

The hall was dimly lit, and the light that shone through the small windows of each cell was eerie.

The cells here were much more shabby than the fangs, with only one toilet in each cell, a thin layer of hay on the floor, and nothing else.

"Bang Bang!" , the sound of chains came from inside, and then another sound came.

"Is it time to eat? Why is it a little early for dinner today? ”

"Eat, you know how to eat, you think this is an inn!" , Li Bin scolded loudly.

"Lord Nie came to inspect the prison, you stay honest with me, and you are not allowed to shout loudly, otherwise there will be no dinner!" , Shen San also shouted.

There was silence inside, except for a few faint chains.

Nie Xiaohu smiled and asked, "That person is Zhou Ziang, the son of the Zhou family?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's Zhou Ziang!" , Li Bin replied with a smile.

"What's over there?" Nie Xiaohu pointed to the iron door at the end of the aisle.

"Stairs, my lord, go up to the second floor from there, the second floor is the third-class cell, and it is also the place where the felons are held, Shen San!" , Li Bin hurriedly glanced at Shen San.

Shen San agreed, and immediately ran towards the end of the aisle with the keychain.

"No need, don't look at the second floor!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand, thinking that Mrs. Meng was locked up on the second floor, and his heart felt bad for a while.

Shen San stopped when he heard this, turned around and walked back.

Back in the small hall at the door, Nie Xiaohu looked around, then pointed to the small wooden door in the corner and asked, "What's in there?" ”

"Go back to my lord, that's where the miscellaneous items are piled up," Li Bin quickly replied.