Imperial capital, Ji Mansion.

The guards and subordinates were all ordered to retreat a hundred meters away from the study.

In the study, two middle-aged people sat opposite each other, on the left was Ji Yuze, the head of the family, who held the post of secretary of the military department, and the person on the right was called Xiao Yichun, the official position of the military department, and the two belonged to the upper and lower levels in the official rank.

Xiao Yichun is obviously younger than Ji Yuze, the two are in-laws, Xiao Yichun's sister is Ji Yuze's wife, and it is by virtue of the relationship between her brother-in-law that Xiao Yichun climbed step by step to the position of the squire of the military department.

"How's the situation?" Ji Yuze asked in a deep voice, without any expression on his face.

Xiao Yichun replied: "As we expected before, Ye Yunyang has become the target of public criticism, there are hundreds of folds involved in him, and Cui Xinli is biting and not opening, that kid has no chance to turn over." ”

Ji Yuze nodded slightly, and said: "Even if we have already won the battle, we can't take it lightly, don't forget that the kid surnamed Ye is Zhengnong, the emperor is a little reluctant to kill him." ”

"What should I do then?" Xiao Yichun's eyes widened: "If he doesn't die, sooner or later he will become a scourge, and we can't give him a chance to turn over." ”

Ye Feng was betrayed eleven years ago, and it was Xiao Yichun who gave advice to Cui Xinli behind his back, and he was also directly related to Ji Yuze, because Xiao Yichun was helping his brother-in-law cultivate power.

Ji Yuze said coldly: "The emperor is reluctant to kill, it doesn't mean that the surname Ye can escape." If you go and continue to send people to spread the word, you will say that he has colluded with the ghost-faced horse, and the relationship between the two is very unusual, and he has provided the other party with a lot of confidential information about the big man. ”

Xiao Yichun understood in seconds: "Charge him with a crime of colluding with the enemy country!"

"Hehe, of course. Ji Yuze lowered his voice and said: "Lord Taiwei has specially explained, let you and I do it, and the affairs in the court will be borne by him, and the boy surnamed Ye will definitely be killed! Of course, the premise is that we must build up the momentum enough before he can speak in front of the emperor have weight." ”

Xiao Yichun couldn't help but be happy: "With the support of Lord Taiwei, this matter is equivalent to half, and the kid surnamed Ye will definitely die." ”

Ji Yuze nodded and sighed: "I really didn't expect that a small incident back then would cause such a big storm, but fortunately, you and I reacted quickly, otherwise we are very likely to capsize in the gutter." This incident can be regarded as a wake-up call for us, and we must be absolutely careful and careful in the future, and we must not have similar things happen again. ”

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention. ”

At the same time, in the imperial study, the atmosphere was not as relaxed as before.

The emperor put away the last smile on his face and said, "Yun Yang, the trouble you have caused this time is too great, whether there is a behind-the-scenes promoter or not, the current public opinion is very unfavorable to you." As you can see, the ministers have been involved in so many twists and turns, I can't cover you up. ”

Ye Yunyang's eyes widened: "What, you want to punish me?"

The prince waved his hand and explained: "Actually, it's not a punishment, it's mainly for the officials to see, not to mention anything else, your crime of abusing lynching is not made up, so what...... You go to prison for a while. ”

"How long?" he asked immediately.

The prince shrugged: "It's hard to say, at least wait until the limelight passes, or you can come up with full evidence to prove that Cui Xinli betrayed your father and your son avenged his father, that is a matter of course, and it can be forgiven for being too radical." ”

Ye Yunyang raised his head and asked, "If I guessed correctly, I would be locked up with Cui Xinli, right?"

The crown prince turned his head to look at the emperor, and the emperor snorted: "Since he has already guessed, then don't be polite, escort to the prison of Dali Temple, and let it go after hearing it!"

The crown prince nodded, and shouted loudly: "Ye Yunyang, the prince of Nanshan County and the general of Fulin, abused lynching and tortured the chief general of Bao Taowei to extract a confession, and the circumstances were extremely bad. ”

Ye Yunyang was taken aback, he had known him for so long, he really didn't know that the prince was a loud man, and he usually hid it deep enough.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the emperor said unhappily: "Nanshan County Prince, you still haven't received the decree." ”

He pretended to be grateful, and shouted in a voice an octave higher than that of the prince: "The criminal minister Ye Yunyang leads the order, and my emperor is wise." ”

Immediately afterward, a group of guards appeared and sent him out of the palace.

When I went out of the palace, many ministers who were waiting to meet the emperor saw it, and those who were on the fold immediately felt relieved, and those who did not have the fold began to search their stomachs, preparing to write an excerpt that shocked the world and wept ghosts and gods.

After a while, Ye Yunyang was twisted to Dali Temple, because there was an order from the emperor, Dali Temple Qing quickly checked him in.

Under the leadership of the jailer, he was stripped of his official uniform and handcuffed into the prison, for the first time he "visited" here, everything was new, and he couldn't help but look left and right, like a giraffe foraging for food.

The jailer brought the prisoner to the cell boss, who looked him up and down, shook his head, and said, "It's really new today, usually when the annoying people are sent in, they either cry or look indifferent, this little brother is so excited, I don't know and think you came to visit the kiln." ”

Ye Yunyang glared at him: "How can you speak, the first time you patronize here, I think it's strange, can't you?"

The cell boss laughed: "It's rare that you have such a good mood, then please come inside, it's a good time, we don't have many prisoners here, so you have the opportunity to live in a single room." ”

Ye Yun raised his eyebrows: "There are not many prisoners, it's impossible, right?"

Dali Temple is dedicated to all kinds of criminal prison cases, because it is not an ordinary level of yamen, the cases accepted are naturally not ordinary, simply put, most of the cases handled here are related to officials.

There are so many officials in the Han Dynasty who bend the law for bribes, accept bribes, engage in irregularities for personal gain, etc., are there not a few who commit crimes?

The cell boss explained: "That's because a batch of people came in to try a batch, and after the trial, those who should be beheaded were beheaded, and those who should be dismissed were dismissed, and a batch was just completed a while ago, so the cell was empty." ”

So that's the case, Ye Yunyang nodded and walked inside.

The sun is dim, the air has a strong musty smell, and from time to time rats can be seen scurrying, this is the legendary prison.

Ye Yunyang stretched out his hand and tried to make the iron fence of the cell, and said, "This is too unsturdy, the people of the Yuan Realm can easily break it." ”

The cell boss looked at him with a very meaningful gaze and said, "Xuanguang Realm can also do it, this is not a difficult thing in the first place. However, since the opening of our prison, nothing like this has ever happened, and destroying all the facilities in the prison is equivalent to escaping from prison. Let me tell you the truth, we have a master of the Golden Body Realm here, and whoever dares to break from prison will be killed on the spot, regardless of the official or the reason for it. ”

After saying this, the cell leader reached out and pointed to the cell around the corner and said, "From now on, it belongs to you." ”

Ye Yunyang looked at it, it was indeed a single room, with an area of about twenty square meters, with iron fences on three sides and a stone wall on one side, and a circular window with a diameter of no more than one foot on the stone wall, and the sunlight that came in only illuminated a small area.

At this time, a person in the next prison jumped up from the haystack, and his excited tone was marked with obvious mockery: "Look at who this is, the public of Nanshan County is like Yunyang, and there is also a day when he is imprisoned, it is really an eye-opener." ”

There is an "acquaintance", Ye Yunyang is not surprised at all, because that person was personally sent in by him.

That's right, it's Cui Xinli, the main general of the Leopard Taowei.

He shrugged his shoulders and snorted, "It's too unlucky to live with enemies when you don't meet in life." ”

Cui Xinli laughed: "The surname Ye, you didn't expect that you would have such a day, where is your arrogance when you tortured me to extract a confession?"

"Don't be arrogant, who will have the last laugh is not certain. Ye Yunyang walked over.

Cui Xinli put away his smile, gritted his teeth and said, "Wait and see, you're dead!"

Seeing that there was a conflict between the two words, the cell boss said with a displeased face: "It seems that it is necessary to remind you that no matter how big an official you were before and how prominent a nobleman you were, you must abide by the rules here when you come here." Loud noises and wanton disturbances are not allowed, and the master is not only in charge of prison escape, but whoever dares to disobey will be beaten by his old man. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Cui Xinli, and said meaningfully: "This General Cui has already tried, so you might as well pass on your experience to your new friends." ”

Cui Xinli looked angry, and involuntarily covered his ass with his hand, and took a step back at the same time.

Ye Yunyang saw it in his eyes, he was sure that the surnamed Cui had learned the rules here, and it must be the kind that he remembered vividly.

That's true, since Xiao Yichun came to visit him, he felt that there were two senior officers of the military department behind him, so he became arrogant, yelled at the jailer, and even made threats, but the master of the golden body realm couldn't see it, and rushed out and beat him up.

After being beaten, Cui Xinli became very honest, even if he saw the lowest-ranking jailer, he would be polite.

The news that Ye Yunyang was imprisoned spread to the Fenglin Sect and the Holy Temple as soon as possible.

Wu Qinglin rushed to the temple with two junior disciples and three apprentices to discuss with Huo Hong about rescuing the junior brother.

More than a dozen masters sat in the hall, the atmosphere was a little tense, Dongfang Yixue and Dongfang Pingtai also came, and everyone put forward several rescue plans, but in the end they were rejected by themselves.

Everyone was at a loss, and Dongfang Yixue said: "It was His Majesty the Emperor who put Yun Yang in prison and wanted him to regain his freedom, unless His Majesty took back his fate." ”

"Difficult!" Wu Qinglin shook his head and said: "The current situation is very unfavorable to the junior brother, and His Majesty has no choice but to put him in prison in order to block the mouths of the hundred officials." If you want to overturn the case for the junior brother, the only feasible way is to have full evidence and make Cui Xinli and the gang in the military department completely shut up. ”

Huo Hong looked embarrassed and said, "Where can I find evidence, is there the ghost-faced horse? Even if he is willing to give it, do we dare to ask for it, and will anyone believe it after he comes back?"

Qu Pingyuan rushed in from the outside, and said with an anxious face: "Oh no, the news came from Daqin, and the ghost-faced horse personally confirmed that he denied that he had provided Ye Yunyang with anything related to Ye Feng, nor did he admit that there was a record of Cui Xinli betraying Ye Feng." ”

"What, this is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!" Wu Qinglin got up angrily and said, "The ghost-faced horse is really clean, he wants to kill Yun Yang!"

The evidence was insufficient, and now there is no even the most basic evidence.

Everyone's faces changed, and the atmosphere in the hall became even more tense.