In the city of Luoyang, the prison of the criminal department.

Although Luoyang City has changed hands several times, many people and things in the city have changed a lot in the past ten years, but everything here still looks the same as it did fifteen years ago.

The same cold and damp, the same stinking, the same can always see snakes, insects, rats and ants from time to time......

However, if you look at it carefully, there are still some changes in this prison, such as the identity of the prisoners in this prison, which has changed hands again and again with Luoyang.

Not to mention it from afar, just take the moment as an example, the people who were imprisoned in this prison before were all civilians in the city, or those who were enemies of the Zhao family, or those who owed several wealthy families tenants and silver money before, or those young people who refused to be recruited to defend the city.

But now, with the reoccupation of Luoyang by the Da Yue army, all these prisoners have been acquitted after a little screening and interrogation. Instead of them staying in the prison, they were replaced by hundreds or thousands of former Luoyang masters, local wealthy people led by the Wang family, etc.

Yes, Sun Ning did not give even the slightest preferential treatment to these guys, neither put them under house arrest at home, nor did he specifically place them in some spacious and clean courtyards, but sent soldiers and generals to directly arrest and drive them away, arrest them all, and put them in prison.

The environment here is really bad, even ordinary people at the bottom are put into the prison and it is difficult to adapt, not to mention the families of these wealthy families who have always been pampered.

So at this time, the prison was full of cries and cries, and more people shouted loudly that they had been wronged, and asked the guards to release them back quickly. In this regard, several Vietnamese soldiers who temporarily served as jailers were also very annoyed, but before there was an order from above, there was no way to take these seemingly important prisoners.

Wang Yujie was locked in a stinking cell with more than a dozen domestic slaves, and his face was also full of impatience, especially when there were cries and pleas in his ears from time to time, which made him feel even more restless.

At this time, he finally couldn't hold it back, and shouted, "What are you crying about, we are not dead yet!"

He is worthy of being the head of the Luoyang royal family, and he has his own power, at least he has a deterrent to the people in a few nearby cells, and he really made them shut up.

But immediately, someone still shouted, "Master Wang, we are all like this, we are all prisoners together, so don't put on a stand as the head of the family." If everyone is flustered and scared, can't they vent a thing or two?"

"Venting? You're just making people laugh at it, and you're not ruining the faces of our and other families!" Wang Yujie immediately retorted, "Do you think that by crying and begging for mercy like this, you can get the people in the court outside to let us go? That will only make them look down on us!"

At this moment, another voice also came from a cell diagonally opposite: "What Brother Wang said is that it is useless for us to cry and beg until now. Now that the imperial court has returned, and the emperor has led his troops back to Luoyang, our end is doomed."

The man's tone was full of despair, and he sighed deeply after speaking. Suddenly, this emotion affected many people around him, and the sad cry rose again.

"What frustrating words did you say? This is too low for the prestige of my Luoyang families." Wang Yujie recognized the identity of the other party at once, and immediately scolded.

This person is the current head of the Xu family, and the relationship between the two families has always been delicate, with both competition and contradictions, but also cooperation. Take the defense of the city a few days ago, in fact, it was with his two families taking the lead that the whole city was mobilized to join forces.

And even so, even if Luoyang has reached the point of life and death, the two families still can't really cooperate, they can only take care of one side, and the two heads of the family never meet.

It's just that I didn't expect that today, the two of them were locked up so close together, no more than ten steps apart.

Xu Chu pursed his lips and sneered when he heard this: "Frustrated words? I'm telling the truth! Have you forgotten what we did before? Now that Luoyang has completely fallen into the hands of the Vietnamese army, we have all become fish on the chopping block, can we still be spared?"

"Do you think they're going to stab us and kill us?" Wang Yujie asked rhetorically.

"Isn't it? Now it's people who are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, do you still want to deceive yourself?"

"You're so clear

It's just underestimating myself. What is the identity of our family in Luoyang? For hundreds of years, there was my Wang family in the former Song Dynasty to take root here, and our Wang family had already become a big tree in Luoyang City, and our land and people had already spread all over every corner of Luoyang.

"The imperial court needed us back then, and Zhao Guangxiao needed us later, and today's Dayue Imperial Court is also indispensable to us...... Now they're putting us in jail just to beat us up so that they can negotiate terms with us later.

"As long as our families can unite and deal with the imperial court well, we can negotiate better conditions!"

Wang Yujie said confidently, "I can't think of three days, then the emperor will send someone to the prison to ask us for questioning. At that time, as long as we give in and give some benefits, all sins will be eliminated. If the imperial court wants to manage Luoyang, the Central Plains, and even the whole world, in the final analysis, local wealthy families like us are indispensable!"

As he said these firm words, the panic and worry on the faces of the children of the wealthy families and their families around him really quickly dissipated.

Yes, for how many years, Luoyang has been ruled by the government on the surface, but in fact, hasn't it always been up to them?

As long as the imperial court does not really intend to completely disrupt the situation in the Central Plains, whoever is in charge will definitely not really be ruthless to them!

Therefore, the next prison disaster is only temporary, maybe soon, they will be able to get out of here safely and be their masters again. Look at the book

Just as these people were regaining their strength, turning from fear and sadness to joy and calmness, a calm voice came from the entrance of the corridor ahead: "Is it really that simple?"

Immediately, a man in full military uniform strode up to the cells on both sides, and his gaze quickly fell on Wang Yujie's face: "You are the head of the Wang family?"

"Exactly, in the lower Wang Yu Rank, I don't know who this general is?" Wang Yujie looked at the other party, this is a rather weathered and stocky general, without the killing spirit of ordinary generals, but a little more steady.

"My name is Liang Wentong and I'm from Jiangnan." The general replied in a low voice, "Your Majesty has just entrusted me with all the power to deal with you."

As he spoke, he spread his hands behind him, and his subordinates handed him a few thick books, opened them casually, and continued, "Now let us carefully calculate what your families have done over the years."