The black wooden door opened, and when you walked under the "Imperial Prison" plaque, the first thing that caught your eye was a small inner courtyard patio.

As Liu Shimin said, weeds of high and low emerge from the brick cracks, which does not look like someone frequently walking and trampling.

Zheng Haizhu looked around and saw a few octagonal wells. A few birds hop along the edge of the well, looking for grass seeds to feed.

Luo Yangxing said: "Some prisoners have been blessed by heaven, and when they are released, they wash their blood with well water here, and the family members who come to pick up Mojiao are frightened. ”

Zheng Haizhu listened to the bird's melodious chirp, and sighed with emotion: "It's rare, and humanity and compassion are also spoken in prison." ”

He asked again: "Master Luo, why are you so quiet?" ”

Luo Yangxing had a brief deal with this woman today, and seeing that she was neither arrogant nor cowardly, and that he did not have any ill feelings towards her, he explained in a flat tone: "The edict prison is a dungeon, and the inner and outer walls are very thick. Don't say that we are outside, even in the two adjacent basements, and the sound of torture cannot be heard clearly. ”

Zheng Haizhu nodded, and Luo Yangxing motioned for the guards to open the second gate.

The brightness of the day faded suddenly.

Only in the hole in the center of the high dome, a beam of heavenly light pierced down like a sharp sword, and it was better to talk about it than to encircle a table without a place.

The clerk on duty behind the case hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Son, Wei Shuai is in the fifth room of Xibing." ”

"Is Governor Liu here too?"

"There is an urgent matter at Liu Dudu's house, and Fang Cai Wei Shuai asked him to rush back first, but ......" The scribe looked at Zheng Haizhu and other unfamiliar faces, and swallowed the second half of the sentence.

Zheng Haizhu understands that "Liu Dudu" is Liu Qiao, the governor of Beizhen Prefecture. Jinyi Wei is divided into the north and south town Fu Division, the South Town Fu Division is mainly in charge of military craftsmen, and the famous North Town Fu Division is in charge of the interrogation of criminals.

Because of the power of life and death of the imperial court officials, although the governor of Beizhen Fusi only has the nickname of "living Yama", it is often louder than the commander of Jinyiwei, and in some years, the governor of Beizhen Fusi can even bypass the commander and directly play a chapter to the emperor, which is equivalent to the real power over the commander.

But Zheng Haizhu came to see on the spot today, Luo Sigong, the commander, is clearly in control of the overall situation in the Zhenfu Division, and the flying fish suits and horsemen who come and go to investigate are also co-located with the Imperial Prison.

This once again corroborates Liu Shimin's statement: This is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he has a good relationship with the governor of Beizhen Fusi.

No wonder in history, the two were later purged by Wei Zhongxian.

In this way, the two of them are more worthy of being drawn together.

Luo Yangxing took Zheng Haizhu's master and servant to turn left and walked inside along the road.

Zheng Haizhu sniffed, and the musty smell brought by the damp and cold environment was not mixed with a distinct smell of blood.

She glanced to her side as her eyes adjusted to the darkness, but saw that many of the wooden doors leading to the dungeon were open like empty pickle jars.

Suddenly, with the reluctant illumination of the pine resin lamp, Zheng Haizhu discovers a strange prison cell.

There was a tablet inside, and a few sticks of incense sticks were shining like stars, and wisps of smoke escaped. The quality of the incense is not bad, gentle and pleasant, around the incense burner, there are vague pastry basins and wine jugs, so that the terrifying edict of Sen Ran is actually a little incompatible with the warmth.

Zheng Haizhu stopped and asked in a solemn tone: "Young Master Luo, what is enshrined here?" ”

"It's the late Stone Rock Toast, Ma Qiancheng."

Luo Yangxing said, walked in, cleaned the incense burner slightly, turned around and continued: "Ma Xuanfu, I was detained in this cell back then. After his death, the coffin returned to Sichuan. After the imperial court sounded the name of Ma Xuan, the former Wei Shuai ordered to set up a tablet here. ”

When Zheng Haizhu heard this, his chest fluctuated.

When she and Ma Xianglin faced each other, although they were open-minded and had a good relationship, they were afraid of the pain of General Ma's loss of his father when he was young, and never inquired about the details of Ma Qiancheng's death.

Unexpectedly, in the edict prison, there was a tablet for Ma Qiancheng.

Obviously, it is not simply the word "apologetic".

But this is not the time to investigate in detail, so Zheng Haizhu only said "oh" and continued to follow Luo Yangxing forward.

……

"Ah...... Uh......"

The screams that suddenly sounded in the dungeon were terrifying.

Luo Sigong turned around amid the screams and faced Zheng Haizhu.

In the backlight, Zheng Haizhu couldn't see the facial features of the current commander clearly, and could only tell that he was not tall, wearing a half-moon network manager and a troll.

Luo Sigong made a gesture, and the sergeant behind him stopped whipping.

Zheng Haizhu bowed slightly with the etiquette of an official eunuch with a lady's title: "I've seen Wei Shuai." ”

Luo Sigong opened his mouth, and his accent still retained the background of the land of Hunan and Hubei: "Gonggong Liu said that Mrs. Zheng made up the battalion for the imperial court in Chongming, and practiced decently. The mandarin duck hides a military talisman in his sleeve, the woman pays to raise the soldiers, in addition to General Qin, Luo can also see the second one, fortunately. ”

Zheng Haizhu said solemnly: "I have seen the situation in Liaodong and Minhai with my own eyes, and the border troubles of the Ming Dynasty are actually like weeds in the wilderness, which cannot be uprooted in the few victories of Fushun and Liaoluowan." The country is peaceful, and the husband is responsible, not to mention that I earned money from the hands of the Ming Shishu and got the order of the imperial court? ”

Luo Sigong raised his eyebrows in the shadows: "Madame really doesn't let women shave their eyebrows, Luo admires it." ”

"When Wei Shuai went to North Korea and went deep into the Japanese camp, the little woman could hardly look forward to it."

"Oh, hehe, Madam Miao praised," Luo Sigong's voice lowered, but his tone was full of self-deprecation, "The conquest of North Korea, the great merit is still the civil officials, let's just run an errand, the brothers earn some silver, don't expect this chest complement to be more beautiful." ”

Zheng Haizhu does not fight unprepared battles, since he has to remove a few rows of fences that Luo Sigong guarded when he wants to return to visit, he naturally can't just rely on a hundred taels of silver tickets.

It happened that someone was drowsy and handed a pillow, and Luo Sigong, the uncle, complained.

Zheng Haizhu then chuckled meaningfully: "Don't hide it from Luo Shuai, in Fushun, Liaoyang that year, I thought, thanks to the governor of Liaodong, it is no longer Yang Hao, otherwise if Yang Junmen replaces Zhang Shilang to sit in the town to fight the Tartars, who is in Fushun now, it is really not necessarily." ”

Luo Sigong, as well as Luo Yangxing, who was standing on the side, were all taken aback when they heard this.

How could this woman speak so directly as she did shouting melons and vegetables on the street?

However, this remark, the merciless ridicule of Yang Hao, did talk about Luo Sigong's cool point.

Due to the victory in the Battle of Fushun, the trend of the military confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty was changed, and the Battle of Sarhu, which opened the rhythm of the demise of the Ming Dynasty in history, did not occur last year, and the leading civilian officer who was mainly responsible for the defeat of the Ming army, Yang Hao, has not yet been roasted on the fire by political enemies and public opinion.

Just because you didn't lose anyone last year doesn't mean you didn't lose anyone more than ten years ago.

In the Wanli Korean War, Yang Ho did not fail to be guilty of improper command and lying about military exploits, and after being impeached and dismissed by the imperial history of the DPRK, he was reinstated as a governor two years later.

Let Luo Sigong go directly into the enemy camp on the battlefield, and his head is tied to the belt of his trousers, how can he completely swallow this breath.

But Luo Sigong sat in this position after all, and he was no longer the young strong general who had his blood and courage exposed many years ago.

Although he suddenly developed a little bit of a good impression of Zheng Haizhu, he didn't continue to pick up the stubble, but turned around, looked at the prisoner tied to the cross, and said: "Master Juren, you recruit it, the taste of eating whips, you scholars can't stand it, think about your wife and children at home." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone heard a loud but soft male and female voice overhead.

"Luo Shuai, do you finally remember to continue the interrogation? Our family still thinks that this edict has become a flower hall for tea and chatting in Luofu. ”

Zheng Haizhu, Li Daniu, and Hua Er looked up in amazement, and followed the prestige, but saw that on the high wall on one side of the dungeon, two feet high, a torch suddenly lit up, reflecting a wooden elevator.

The twine creaked, the wooden cage was lowered, and a man in the same trolling rope stepped out.

"Father-in-law Zhang," Luo Sigong arched his hand and said indifferently, "Father-in-law thinks that there is something wrong with this handsome interrogation?" ”

The eunuch, who was called "Zhang Xiaogonggong", pursed his lips and smiled: "Gonggong Lu has always taught us that we can't be soft-hearted in this interrogation. Luo Shuai just whipped a few whips so painlessly, where did it happen? ”

Luo Sigong looked at the scribe on the cross, and said word by word: "Please ask Zhang Xiaogonggong for advice." ”

The eunuch tilted his head slightly and squinted at Zheng Haizhu: "Our family just listened with our ears pricked up, and it turned out that the honorable driver was Mrs. Zheng." ”

Zheng Haizhu has realized that the situation he has seen is that the person who is the celebrant often comes to supervise the Jinyiwei to handle the case, which is not strange or strange.

But Luo Sigong didn't shy away from calling a woman into the edict to chat in front of the most trouble-loving celebrants and eunuchs?

Don't tell her beforehand?

What is Luo Sigong trying to test and show?

This eunuch mentioned Gonggong Lu? The celebrant seal eunuch Lu Shou? Although he is Wanli's cronies, he is the same as Cui Wensheng, standing on Zheng Guifei?

I only heard Eunuch Zhang pinching his voice and saying: "It is said that women are kind, and the next method our family will use is not as simple as seeing a little blood." Mrs. Zheng, do you want to avoid it? ”

(End of chapter)