In the Jingzhao Mansion Prison, Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye sat on the ground against the wall, with straw beards under their buttocks. Li Siye is still nostalgic for the past or the days to come, and Zhang Xiaojing seems to be very silent. When two men don't speak, they must have their own stories.

The jailer led Wen Wuji to visit the prison, Li Siye was very excited, and hurriedly stood up from the straw and threw himself at the wooden fence: "Brother Wen, how is my sister?" ”

Wen Wuji smiled: "I came to tell you this, your sister has already received the incense shop, she has smelled and taken care of it, okay." ”

Li Siye smiled apologetically: "Li Mei'er is stubborn by nature, and she is troublesome to Brother Wen." ”

"No, this kid is very well-behaved, and Wenran and I like her very much."

Zhang Xiaojing walked over slowly with his hands on his chest, squinted his eyes and asked Wen Wuji: "I asked you for news, but you have some eyebrows?" ”

"There are indeed rumors in the Prince's East Palace, a strange lotus flower bloomed in the back garden of the East Palace, and the fragrance floated miles away, and the palace thought it was a miracle."

Li Siye and Zhang Xiaojing glanced at each other with serious expressions, Wen Wuji saw something unusual in it, and asked a little anxiously: "You told me what happened, so I can find someone outside to clear up the relationship." ”

"No need," Zhang Xiaojing waved his hand and said: "You don't know the best thing about this kind of thing, you finally settled down with your daughter, and it's only been two days to stop, so don't get involved." ”

Wen Wuji is helpless, Zhang Xiaojing is a stubborn person, and others can't persuade him to decide what he decides. As for this Li Siye, this person's eyes are shining, and when he hears such rumors, he is not only not afraid, but faintly excited, which is really an anomaly. He strongly suspected that Zhang Xiaojing's imprisonment today had a lot to do with this person.

"Okay, you can do it yourself, if something happens and you need me, ask this jailer to go to the smell of incense shop to find it."

Wen Wuji said goodbye to the two again, and followed the jailer out of the Jingzhao Mansion prison.

After being confirmed by the Lotus Xiangrui of the East Palace, Zhang Xiaojing can be completely sure that Yang Yuma and his gang used demons to make trouble, and they aimed the finger at the prince.

"Such a careful mind, such a vicious strategy, this ability to reverse black and white is really amazing, it is an auspicious and miraculous lotus, and if it is linked to the words of the demon, it becomes a demon lotus. Donggong Xiangrui has become the evidence of collusion with demons, these people really dare to think and do. ”

Zhang Xiaojing praised and deeply admired the imagination and creativity of Yang Juma and others. Li Siye was deeply worried, although they were in prison, the more they knew, the more their lives were in danger.

He asked Zhang Xiaojing, "What should we do?" ”

Zhang Xiaojing's scarred face smiled fiercely, sat cross-legged on the ground and spread his hands and said, "We can't do anything, we can't do anything, we can only pretend that we don't know." If they come to interrogate, they play dumb, but unfortunately they don't necessarily come to interrogate us. ”

As soon as Zhang Xiaojing's words fell, the jailer led another person straight towards them, this person was holding a lacquered food box in his hand, and the mottled wooden fence shadow blocked his face, and the two did not recognize who it was for a while.

Zhang Hong showed his face from behind the wooden pillar, looking a little embarrassed, but he still squeezed out a smile, turned his head and asked the jailer to open the door.

With the sound of chains, Zhang Xianwei pushed open the cell door and walked in, put the food box on the ground and opened it, there was a jar of wine, three celadon wine cups, a whole chicken and sliced mutton, the chicken was tender and crispy, and the mutton was brown and shiny.

Li Siye swallowed the harazi that flowed out of his mouth, and suddenly thought of a sentence, he was courteous and courteous, and he was either a traitor or a thief.

Zhang Xiaojing turned his head, didn't look at the food in the food box, and teased coldly: "County Lieutenant Zhang is here, is he going to send us a severed head meal?" ”

"It's not that serious." Zhang Honggan laughed twice, and felt that his actions were embarrassing to the officials, so he simply put his hands behind his back, coughed in his throat and said: "The county lieutenant came to see you two in the Jingzhao Mansion prison today, but in the spirit of caring for his subordinates, don't misunderstand, don't worry, when the case is cleared, he will naturally release you." ”

Li Siye stared at him with wide eyes, feeling so familiar, it turns out that ancient and modern leaders are in the same line.

Zhang Xiaojing didn't feel anything, and crossed his hands on his chest and said: "Since he is the county lieutenant's love, Zhang Xiaojing should obey his fate." ”

He sat down, pulled the clay off the jar, poured the wine into the cup. He took a cup first, raised his forehead and said loudly: "Zhang Xiaojing first salutes Zhang County Lieutenant with a cup." He tilted his head and poured the drink down his throat.

County Lieutenant Zhang was intimidated by Zhang Xiaojing's sudden arrogance, and looked a little cramped: "Okay, good." ”

Li Siye was not willing to be reluctant, picked up the full cup of wine, raised his head and poured it, feeling the same taste as the alcoholic drink, licking his lips, and it was a little sweet.

"Okay."

Zhang Hong did not shirk it, picked up the wine glass and drank it slowly, after drinking, he wiped half a handful of water droplets on his beard, put down the wine cup and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Xiaojing, you are straightforward, capable, and indeed a good hand at investigating cases." But sometimes, some cases are not as simple as you think. ”

"Just like the Liquan demon case this time, this case involves the high-level officials of the DPRK, the middle and the middle, whether it is a case or an interrogation, we must be cautious, we must not be as drastic as other cases, we must not hurt the innocent, but also protect ourselves, the less we know, the safer."

Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye picked up the wine cup at the same time, raised their heads and poured it down, put down the wine glass and said, "Thank you for the teachings of County Lieutenant Zhang." ”

Zhang Hong saw that the two of them had a sincere attitude and accepted it humbly, so he simply let go of the conversation: "In this case, you not only exceeded the rules and heard things that you shouldn't have heard, but also offended Sa Bao of the Zoroastrian Sect in Chang'an. In "The Law of the Seventh Year of Kaiyuan", although it is said that the holder of the quality is the same as the quality. But the key moment depends on the occasion. Sa Bao is a saint, his identity is unusual, how can you care about his life and death, if the thousands of Zoroastrian people in Chang'an City make trouble, how can your life be saved? ”

He pretended to sigh and sighed: "Fortunately, Yang Juma heard about this incident, his mansion is close to the Zoroastrian Temple, and he also has some friendship with Baosa, so he personally went to apologize and persuade him, and the two of you were exempted from accountability." ”

"Wait?" Zhang Xiaojing suddenly raised his hand, grabbed the loophole in Zhang Hong's words and asked, "Yang Yuma is also involved in the demon case?" ”

Zhang Hong's mouth was hoarse for a moment, and he suddenly woke up and shouted angrily: "Nonsense, how can Yang Yuma be involved in the Liquan Demon Case!" ”

Li Siye took the opportunity to interject: "You just mentioned Yang Yuma. ”

Zhang Hong retorted angrily: "What I just meant was that Yang Juma happened to hear about this incident and thanked you for your loyalty and bravery, so he was willing to speak out to help." ”

"I have one more thing, the demon has confessed that he came to Chang'an on the order of the demon Liu Zhicheng, who was awarded the head, to find the reincarnation of the True Destiny Holy Lotus, and this demon lotus was hidden in the prince's mansion."

Li Siye snorted sarcastically, and a sneer overflowed from the corner of Zhang Xiaojing's mouth, as they expected, even the number of roads was the same.

"Now that the case has been clarified, why didn't Jingzhao Mansion let me and the two out?"

Zhang Hong said solemnly: "This case involves the prince, and the stakes are very high, and it is for the safety of the two of you." Now that the truth of the case has been revealed, the real culprit behind the scenes has not yet been brought to justice, and he will release you rashly, for fear of being plotted. For now, the two of you are actively involved in this case and take the initiative to identify the demon lotus in the prince's mansion. ”

After listening to this, Li Siye secretly sighed, this logical reasoning and brain did not say, if they hadn't deduced the truth in advance, they would really be confused by this Zhang Hong like grout, turning the white upside down into black.

When Zhang Xiaojing heard this, he put down the wine cup and asked with a sideways face: "County Lieutenant Zhang, do you want us to commit perjury?" ”

How can this be perjury? The demon has already confessed, but let the two of you corroborate it and add explanations. ”

"But we don't know anything."

Zhang Hong, the county lieutenant, stood up on the ground and said, "You don't know anything? If you don't know, how can you be locked up in this place? ”

Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye took the opportunity to exchange glances, and the two stood up at the same time, and said to Zhang Hong: "County Lieutenant, about the case of the prince colluding with the demon in your mouth, the two of us really don't know about it, and we can't testify. ”

Zhang Hong sighed, turned around and shook his head at the two: "Zhang Xiaojing, you are a smart person, and now that you have reached such a situation, do you think you can get out without doing anything?" Whatever you know or don't know, you have been caught up in this whirlpool, and now you want to stay out of it, I'm afraid you can't help it. ”

"Now in front of you, there are only two choices, help us testify, Yang Juma and we will accept your love. Zhang Xiaojing, you were awarded the medal of military cavalry captain for your military exploits, but you lost the official because you offended your boss, as long as you are willing to testify, what is a martial cavalry captain, and it is a matter of Yang Yuma's words to enter Jin Wuwei to do the rate. And you Li Siye, you have brute force and martial arts, but you can only be a little bad person, with a backstage like Yang Yuma, why worry that you have no way? ”

Zhang Hong completely made his words clear, Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye both fell into silence, the two were not moved, but they didn't know what each other was thinking, and it was difficult to choose for a while.

County Lieutenant Zhang thought that his attack had worked, and turned back with a smile: "Of course, there is another way, if you refuse to cooperate, then you can only wait to sit through the prison of Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Zhang Xiaojing's face suddenly turned cold, he raised his hand to dust the dust that fell into his eye sockets, and felt the coldness and selfishness of this former boss, before he slowly spoke: "County Lieutenant Zhang, how about allowing the two of us to discuss it in private?" ”

"Yes, you can discuss it slowly," Zhang Hong raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I will come over at this time tomorrow, I hope you can give me an answer when the time comes, the opportunity is not waiting for anyone." ”