The prison of the Criminal Department is located in the west of Daliang Capital, some distance from Xinghua Lane, where the Ye family is located, and it takes half an hour to reach it even by carriage.

Ye Qiong wore a bib when she got off the carriage, and helped her brother take the food box and bedding off the carriage when Xie was talking to the prison.

Ye Qiong squinted and looked up, looking at the three words "Criminal Department Prison" in scarlet, thoughtfully.

"Little sister, let's go." Ye Jin urged, Ye Qiong retracted her gaze, lifted her skirt and stepped into the prison of the Criminal Department.

The prison of the Criminal Department was cold and dim, and Xie frowned fiercely as soon as he entered, and his heart was even more worried. Ye Jin walked beside Ye Qiong without saying a word, paying attention to his surroundings with a cold expression, hiding Ye Qiong in his shadow.

Xu is Xie Shi's silver has made a lot, and the jailer who led the way nodded all the way, and his attitude was quite respectful.

Walking around a corner, Ye Qiong stopped and looked in one direction.

Through the thick darkness, the woman's low sobs and curses could be faintly heard.

There, it seems to be the cell that I had locked up in my previous life.

The candle flame on the wall lamp flickered, Ye Qiong was stunned, and there was a feeling of being separated from the world.

Seeing Ye Qiong looking in that direction, the jailer hurriedly said, "That is the cell where the female prisoner who has been sentenced to death is held, but it is not where we are going. ”

Ye Qiong was silent, and only after hearing Xie Shi's urging did he retract his gaze and follow.

On the other side of the cell, Ye Qiong's father, Ye Qishu, was half-squatting and sorting out the hay in the cell, placing them under Ye Zhujin, who was lying on his side.

Ye Zhujin's face was a little unnaturally flushed, and he coughed a few times and pressed Ye Qishu's hand: "Third brother, don't be busy yet, let's rest for a while." ”

Ye Qishu shook his head, patted the hay, tried to make it fluffy, and waited until he was sure that there was no hay available, then sat down and exhaled, took out a charcoal pencil that was only half a thumb length from his body, and drew it on the wall.

The jailer guarding the cell looked at it coldly, but he was a little surprised, these two adults were the best tempered people he had ever met, unlike some people who came in and cried, made trouble and hanged themselves, and cried more than a woman's family. He had also seen a few hard-boned literati, and those people didn't make trouble, but they didn't have noses and faces for these little jailers, and wrote some incomprehensible sour poems on the walls.

The adult also drew something on the wall, but the jailer recognized it, isn't this a bridge?

Ye Qishu sketched a few more strokes, and the charcoal pen in his hand couldn't support it and broke with a "snap", leaving a small ink spot on the wall. Ye Qishu sighed and thought about the painting on the wall.

Ye Zhujin coughed a few more times, walked to Ye Qishu's side, looked at the bridge on the wall with him, and said: "You have liked bridges and dams since you were a child, when you were a child, several of us brothers went fishing, everyone was watching the fish, but you were looking at the pier and the bridge, at that time I knew that you were talented." Now, do you see something? He coughed a few more times.

Ye Qishu smoothed Ye Zhujin before saying, "I'm worried that as soon as the 'soul calling' thing comes out, the bridge we built may be demolished." I have discussed with several old farmers before, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there may be heavy rain, this year's autumn flood may be more menacing than in previous years, ordinary bridges can not bear, the bridge is demolished, after the autumn flood people's lives will be affected. ”

Ye Zhujin sighed with emotion, patted Ye Qishu's shoulder, and said, "The third brother really cares about people's livelihood." But now that we're both in prison, it's hard to say what happened to us, let alone the bridge. ”

The two fell silent at the same time, Ye Zhujin coughed a few more times, but heard Ye Jin Qingyue's voice from the cell door behind him: "Daddy, uncle." ”

The two turned around together, the jailer had already opened the prison door, and Xie was standing there with Ye Qiong and Ye Jin with tears in his eyes.

Ye Qiong dropped her hat and rushed into Ye Qishu's arms, suppressing her cry and shouting, "Daddy! ”

Ye Qishu wanted to take a few steps back, but he still hugged Ye Qiong and said embarrassedly: "Nannan, Daddy hasn't taken care of it in the cell for the past few days, but it stinks, don't smoke you!" ”

Ye Qiong's originally sour mood was suddenly relieved, and she pretended to fan her nose: "Well, Daddy really stinks." But it's still my good daddy! ”

Several people laughed, Ye Zhujin laughed and coughed again, and was helped by Ye Jin to sit down, Xie handed over water and pills to take it.

"Uncle is sick?" Ye Jin asked worriedly.

Ye Zhujin waved his hand: "It's okay, it's just a little cold." ”

Over there, Xie Shi and Ye Qiong had already made the bed themselves, and took out the food boxes and opened them one by one, and did not forget to ask Ye Jin to take a copy and distribute it to the jailer guarding the door, and the jailer accepted it with a smile.

As soon as Ye Qiong came in, she saw the bridge painted on the wall, pointed and asked, "This is the bridge built by my father and my uncle?" ”

"Exactly." Ye Qishu's tone was quite proud, but then he fell into defeat, "I hope this bridge will not be demolished because of this case." ”

Ye Qiong's heart tightened when she listened.

In the previous life, it didn't take long for the bridge to be demolished spontaneously by the people. Who knew that as soon as the autumn flood came, the capital encountered a flood that was rare in a century, and most of the bridges in the city were washed away, except for a small number of fathers who had not had time to demolish them, but in the end they were a drop in the bucket.

The bridges were washed away, the traffic was cut off, but after the flood, many materials in the suburbs of Beijing could not be transported to the city, the price of all food soared, and there were even incidents of starvation in Beijing......

Even when my father is in prison, he cares so much about people's livelihood.

Ye Qiong became more and more sad.

Ye Qiong was thinking about it when Xie called out to her and asked her to come over and help. Ye Qiong scooped two bowls of mutton soup, handed them to the eldest uncle and father respectively, and said, "Drink the soup first, and by the way, listen to us talk about the situation at home, and then listen to you." ”

Ye Qishu swallowed the words he wanted to ask, and he just saw that there was still an unerased slap mark on his little girl's face.

Xie Shi said while picking up vegetables for the two of them: "Everything is fine in the third room, don't worry about it." It's the big brother's side...... Brother Lang doesn't want me to tell my eldest brother, but I still have to say what I have to say. When the sister-in-law heard the news, she lost her mind and was pouring medicine, Po Ge'er was also sick, but fortunately, it was just a cold, Su was pregnant, I didn't dare to let her come over, so let Lang Ge'er stay and take care of it. ”

"I'm in trouble with the third brother and sister." Ye Zhujin choked up, and looked at Ye Qiong again, "What's wrong with Qiong'er's face, but she was bullied?" ”

Xie Shi wanted to speak and stopped, Ye Jin didn't want her sister to be angry, so she said frankly: "It was the eldest aunt who beat her, she thought that her father had caused her uncle to be involved, so she wanted to beat her mother, but she was stopped by her younger sister." ”

Xie Shi glared at Ye Jin and said, "Big brother doesn't have to feel guilty, sister-in-law suddenly encountered this difficulty, and there is also blame for a while, we don't mind." ”

Ye Zhujin's face was even more ashamed when he heard this.

Seeing this, Ye Qiong changed the topic and asked, "May I ask my father and uncle, have you been tortured in prison, and has anyone forced you to draw a sentence on your confession?" This is the territory of the Criminal Department, and when we think about it, we are worried. ”

Both of them denied it, and Ye Qishu said: "No, no one even came to interrogate us." But my eldest brother and I also felt that there were more people staring at us than our eyes could see. ”

Ye Qiong breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

It seems that because His Majesty has been staring at this case, He Chenglin cannot commit perjury, let alone forcibly use the punishment.

She still remembered that in her previous life, when her father was pushed out and beheaded, he was covered in blood, and he didn't live long because he had more breath and less breath.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiong was still a little uneasy, and said softly: "Daddy, uncle, you have to be careful of He Chenglin and He Shangshu, although this case is stared at by Jinyiwei, there should be no accident in prison, but I don't guarantee that he will set a language trap for you to jump in during the public trial in the future." ”

Ye Qishu and Ye Zhujin were both a little surprised, Ye Zhujin stroked his beard and looked at Ye Qiong sharply, as if it was the first time he really knew his niece.

Ye Zhujin sighed in his heart, no wonder his father Ye Ling once said that Qiong'er was the smartest child in the Ye family, he said: "You think you know some news but can't tell us, don't worry, we will pay attention." ”

Ye Qiong was silent and exchanged glances with Xie and Ye Jin.

They discussed the letter with their grandmother and did not intend to tell their father and father. First, the two of them didn't know about this matter in the first place, and they couldn't get new information from their mouths, which would make the two people who were already suffering in prison even more worried, and second, this is the prison of the Criminal Department, and it is inevitable that there will be the eyes of the Criminal Department and even Jinyiwei secretly supervising it, so it is really not appropriate to talk about the letter in detail.

Xie Shi took over the words, picked up some that could be said, and said, "Don't worry, Jin'er and Qiong'er have already found some information outside, and they will be able to return your innocence!" ”

The two nodded when they heard this, and Ye Qishu said guiltily: "It's all because I ignored the rumors that day and even drove the people away, which caused a big disaster......

"The tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, Daddy, it's not your fault." Ye Qiong persuaded, "It's the wind in the capital that is going to be chaotic." ”

Ye Zhujin sighed, already thinking about it in his heart.

Outside the cell door, the jailer came and knocked on the iron fence to signal that the time was almost up.

Xie Shi stood up, quickly stuffed a few bottles of wound medicine and other items to Ye Qishu, along with durable pastries and other things, and said quickly:

“…… Here are the wind and cold medicine, the wound medicine, and the medicine for rheumatism that the old man often takes in autumn and winter, as well as pastries, oh yes, and the charcoal that you always carry with you, I brought you a pack. The bedding and clothes are all put away for you, we are gone, you must take care of yourself! ”

Ye Qishu said: "You also have to take care of yourself, if you ...... You take the child back to Jiangnan, don't worry about me. ”

The two held hands and looked at each other with teary eyes, and Ye Qiong and Ye Jin also had red eyes.

When the Xie family came out with Ye Qiong and Ye Jin, He Chenglin was waiting outside the prison, waiting for them with a smile: "Mrs. Xie is here to visit Zizhong and Zicheng?" They're all right, but I take special care of them. ”

Zizhong is the word of the eldest uncle Ye Zhujin, and Zicheng is the word of the father Ye Qishu, and it cannot be called unless you are close to it.

Ye Qiong wore a hat and sank her face, Xie Shi still had to endure the disgust in her heart and said with a smile: "Then thank you Lord He, I will visit you another day." The old man is not there, and there are still a lot of trivial matters at home, so I will take my leave first. ”

The two of them wiped their bodies, and their faces were cold.

He Chenglin was unhappy in his heart, returned to the mansion and rushed into He Yanyan's boudoir, scolded in front of his subordinates, scolded and scolded, and stepped on He Yanyan's shoulder: "If it weren't for the fact that your face is still of some use, I would have beaten you to death with a whip, and I wouldn't even be able to put a letter!" ”

He Yanyan screamed in pain, but still explained loudly: "I obviously put the letter away!" I don't know how it disappeared! It's Ye Qiong, it must be Ye Qiong! ”

He Chenglin retracted his legs, his eyes gloomy.

He Yanyan's elder brother He Kuntai heard the movement, and he didn't even glance at He Yanyan, who was lying on the ground humming, and first gave He Chenglin an idea: "It seems that the Ye family should not have found the letter, otherwise they wouldn't have let those two live in prison...... But it doesn't matter if you get the letter, just get a more powerful and irrefutable new physical evidence, and bite the case to death completely, but the matter has to be reported to the master. ”

He Chenglin rolled his eyes, nodded approvingly, straightened his clothes and walked out of the house.