When she first came to the city prison, the entourage who escorted her said: "She bumped into the little marquis, and the little marquis let her be imprisoned!" ”

The warden looked at the woman who had been escorted, "But we don't have a special women's cell here. ”

"Then lock her up alone." After the entourage finished speaking, he prepared to leave.

At this time, Lin Qingran anxiously told the person who escorted him, "I didn't break the law, you can't lock me up!" ”

The warden looked at her and said, "Didn't break the law?" In Yunzhou, the little marquis is the law, you bumped into him, and said that you didn't break the law? ”

"I want to see my family!" She still said loudly.

"It's okay to see your family, but if you're like this now, I guess no one will protect you." The warden replied.

This Yunzhou City, under the strict governance of the King of Dingbei, there will be no prisoners on weekdays, most of them are some people who fight and make trouble, and they are generally closed for a few days, and if they are seriously closed, they will be released for a few months, and occasionally there will be a few people who commit major crimes. Although the king of Dingbei led his troops to fight and was extremely fierce to the outside world, he was still magnanimous to the people of the city and won the hearts of the people. But in the past two years, King Dingbei was confined in the palace, the little marquis was young and vigorous, and many people who were dissatisfied with him were also imprisoned in the prison.

The jailer kept her alone in a cell next to her, she looked at the cell carefully, eating, drinking, and sleeping in this room, surrounded by high walls, only a very small window that could let in a little light during the day, dark and damp, only some haystacks and a quilt that had not been washed for an unknown amount of time and still smelled musty, seeing this, she instantly regretted her passionate words just now.

After a while, a jailer came up and said, "What's your name?" Do you have any family? If you have a family, ask someone to ask your family to come and register! Actually, it's not a big deal for you, pay some fines, close it for a few days and you can go out, but who told you to collide with the little marquis, you just stay here! ”

In the Dingwang Mansion,

"Mother, I'm back!" As soon as he entered the Dingwang Mansion, Li Mingyuan was anxious to read the letters.

"My son, you have finally returned, this is a letter from your father, and an edict from the emperor." His mother, with a slightly crying voice, eagerly handed over the letter.

Li Mingyuan took the letter, which was dictated by his father and written by his entourage, and he quickly read it. My father went to the capital for two years and never came back, so he was very worried. Really! Something happened, and the letter wrote that the king of Dingbei was now seriously ill, and the emperor approved his father's wish to return to Yunzhou because of his brotherly affection, and asked Li Mingyuan, the marquis of Dingbei, to come to Beijing to pick up his father back to the city.

After reading the letter, he was very worried about his father. "Father is sick? My father was in such good health, how could he be sick. Mother, I must bring my father back! ”

"Uh-huh! My son, my mother knows that you are filial, but when your father leaves, he will tell you that you must not go to the capital, and the emperor will not let you go! His mother cried.

"I can't care so much, my father is in danger now, I must go!" Li Mingyuan has made up his mind. "Tell the messenger that I, Li Mingyuan, will go to Beijing to pick up my father and return to the city on the same day!"

"Wait, this time in Beijing, it's very dangerous, we still have to think about how to deal with it, otherwise you go, what if something happens?" The eldest sister, Li Mingrui, stopped the person who wanted to spread the word in time, she knew that he, the younger brother, would lose his judgment once it was related to his father's safety.

"Yes, yes, your eldest sister is right, we still have to think in the long run!" His mother also calmed down.

In Lin Qingran's shop here, the guy was also in a hurry to come back.

"Mother Liu, Mother Liu, it's no good, Miss has been arrested!" As soon as the guy entered the store, he said anxiously.

"What!! Miss caught? You make it clear, who was caught? As soon as Mother Liu heard that the young lady was arrested, she immediately panicked.

"That's it...... Small...... Xiaoding Beihou. The guy gasped.

Mother Liu stabilized her mood and asked, "Then where is Miss now?" ”

"In ...... In the city prison. ”

"Oh my God! I'll go to the prison right away to find Miss. You close the shop and pack up your things. Mother Liu said nervously.

Soon after, Liu's mother inquired about the location of the city's prison, counted some silver taels, and the jailer let the two of them meet.

"Miss, what's wrong with you............ Miss is so big, she has suffered this kind of crime there, how sad it should be for the lord and Mrs. to know under Jiuquan!" Liu's mother cried anxiously.

She comforted Liu's mother, "Don't worry, Liu's mother, I just bumped into the little marquis, and I will be able to go out in a few days." "Although she doesn't know how long she will be held.

"Well...... Kindness! Mother Liu wiped her tears.

"Mother Liu, you can prepare some change of clothes, quilts, and some silver taels for me first. In the past few days, you can send someone to bring me food every day, and you still need to watch more about some things in the store. Although Lin Qingran is detained, she has a clear mind and knows what to do now.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask someone to prepare immediately, and you don't have to worry about things in the store." Mother Liu was a little relieved.

In the usual farming season, these minor offenders will be allowed to go to the fields in the city to help, one is to contribute to the city, and the other is to educate these prisoners, which is the king of Dingbei to the offenders to develop some reformed systems. Walking with her were three people in the opposite cell, a thin man, who looked weak, should not be very old, usually drooping his hair and couldn't see his face clearly, he didn't talk much, and he always looked cautious. The other two are brothers, the younger brother stole the neighbor's cattle and was arrested, and the elder brother originally came to find the younger brother, but quarreled with the jailer and was finally caught in.

Every hour they were escorted by the guards to the fields of the city to do some farm work, and although they were not paid, they had a good lunch at noon. In the afternoon, they were escorted back again, and in the evening, Liu's mother would send someone to bring food.

After finishing the farm work at noon, Lin Qingran was eating while resting, thinking, and he didn't know how long he would be in this prison.

"I said guard brother, I also gave the silver taels, and I have been locked up for seven days, when can I be released?" She asked.

"You still want to go? You are the little marquis, at least half a year! The guard said impatiently.

As soon as she heard this, she was anxious, "What? Half? No, I want to see the little marquis! ”

"See the little marquis? You dream, now the little marquis is very busy, who has time to see you! The guard said with a sneer.