Like many prisons, the most important feature of the Imperial Prison is that there is no natural light.

In such a state, prisoners can easily lose their sense of time, and the terrible circumstances they may encounter at any time and place can make life more and more difficult.

Many prisoners in a poor psychological state do not even need to be interrogated, and after staying in such a cell for three days, they take the initiative to recruit everything.

Xiao Dong didn't know how long he had been in. Maybe three or five hours? But if someone tells her it's been three or five days, she'll accept it.

During this time, except for Lu Bing and the three of them who came to ask, it was the guards who delivered the food on time, and the food was actually not bad, and there were even foods such as egg custard that Lao Dao usually ate.

This treatment made the other inmates in the Imperial Prison envious. The edict prison is different from other prisons, even if the family has money to pay for, it may not be able to live so comfortably, it seems that this old and young have quite a background.

The door opened again, and this time Lu Bing came down with several brocade guards, among whom were "smiling impermanence", and the prisoners of the Imperial Prison were silent.

Because of this kind of battle, it can only mean one thing, today is going to be executed! I just don't know who the unlucky ghost is!

A strong man, with iron shackles on his hands and feet, was brought down by several brocade-clothed guards, and a torture pillar was erected on the edge of Xiao Dong's cell.

The brocade guards tied the man to the torture post, removed the shackles and leg cuffs, and then stuffed the man's mouth with silk linen. The man expressed disdain and didn't want to be gagged, but the brocade guards couldn't help but say it and stopped it.

Lu Bing said to Xiao Dong slowly: "This person is a thief, and like your dean, he is also a robber of the rich and helping the poor.

But it's a pity that he stole from the prince's house and stole the royal gifts, which is not a simple crime of stealing, so he was taken to the edict for interrogation. ”

The flower thief's eyes widened, and he said in his heart, what nonsense are you talking about?

What robs the rich and helps the poor? Lao Tzu picks flowers, there are rich women, but there is no way to talk about helping the poor!

Xiao Dong glanced at the man on the torture pillar and didn't say anything, because she didn't know what this person had to do with her.

Lu Bing looked at Xiao Dong: "You are too young, Xiao Feng pleaded with Banzai, try not to punish you." That's all I have to do.

Xiao Dong, is that jade pendant yours or not, where did Lao Dao adopt you from, and whether you are Xia Yan's granddaughter, say! ”

Xiao Dong said simply: "It's not mine, at the gate of Shantang, I'm not Xia Yan's granddaughter!" ”

Lu Bing nodded: "Very good, let's start." ”

Lao Chang smiled and opened his treasure chest, a dull wooden box that had been touched and pulped, and the objects inside glowed with a cold light, making people's scalps tingle.

Lao Chang took out something like a wooden comb, it was indeed made of steel, and every tooth was shining with cold light, obviously with a blade, but I don't know how to comb my hair with such a steel comb.

Lao Chang stepped forward and tore open the placket of the flower thief's shirt, revealing strong muscles, and even the ribs had obvious bulging strips of meat, and he couldn't help but praise it.

"Good figure! With such a figure, it is enough to play the lute, and those prisoners with exposed ribs pass out before they can finish playing a minor tune.

With your figure, at least you can have a song of mountains and rivers! ”

The flower thief didn't understand what Lao Chang was talking about, because he never cared about the legend of the Imperial Prison, and it stands to reason that the nature of his crime had nothing to do with the Imperial Prison for the rest of his life.

But one of the old prisoners in the prison had already fainted in fright, and the remaining few were huddled in the corner, unable to bear to look at it.

In the surprised gaze of the flower thief, Lao Chang put the comb on his ribs, and then stabbed it in, the thief snorted and looked at Lao Chang with squinted eyes: That's it?

Chang elegantly slid the comb down his ribs, and the sharp teeth of the comb cut through the tight flesh and shaved the flesh on the ribs, leaving only the slippery periosteum.

The whole body of the flower thief was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person curled up, but his hands and feet were tightly bound by cow tendons, and the extent to which he could shrink was limited. His terrible scream, after penetrating the silk linen, turned into a high-pitched howl.

Xiao Dong's body shook, his little face was pale, and there was no blood at all. Although she was young, she had seen murder, but she had never seen such cruel torture.

Lao Chang smiled and said: "This is just the beginning, do you know, people have twelve pairs of ribs, that is, twenty-four." The further down it goes, the more it hurts. ”

After saying that, he stuck the comb on the corresponding other rib again, this time his movements were a little slower than the last time, as if he was about to pop a vibrato.

Sure enough, the flower thief's body continued to twitch and tremble, and the voice in his mouth changed from a long note to a short sound of shaking and shaking, which was very rhythmic.

Lao Chang continued: "Actually, the pain you feel now is really not worth mentioning, because this is just a pain of flesh and skin, and the periosteum is still intact and has not been destroyed."

The real pain is the feeling when the periosteum is destroyed and scratched, really, I can't even imagine it. In short, it's much more powerful than Ling Chi.

And my craftsmanship is first-class, my master can only scrape the periosteum in two parts, I can divide it into three times, do you know how long I have been practicing? ”

The flower thief was really in no mood to discuss his artistic life with Lao Chang, and his screams could not even hide the slightest linen, and they continued to echo high and low throughout the prison.

This is the craftsmanship of the edict, the size and thickness of the silk linen can make him speechless, but it will not make his screams unspeakable, extremely accurate!

Lao Chang was responsible for introducing torture, and Lu Bing told Xiao Dong about the good things that this prisoner had done. For example, helping an old lady cross the road, helping a widow carry water, and so on.

The most powerful thing is that this person often rescues and adopts children, in fact, several of the children in Lao Dao Shan Tang are sent by him to Lao Dao.

Because everyone is a thief, he can't write two thief words in one stroke, and he will definitely support him.

Xiao Dong was skeptical, but Lu Bing's lie was very round, and he even told when Hu Niu and Tofu were sent to Shantang and what clothes they were wearing when they were sent in......

At this moment, Lao Chang had already bounced the seventh rib of the first round, and the flower thief, who was fearless in the face of the clamping stick, had already fainted three times.

But there was always a small pill, and as soon as he rubbed it on his nose, he woke up howling.

Xiao Dong closed her eyes and covered her ears with her hands, trying to avoid this terrible scene, but the screams kept drilling into her ears, and her fingers seemed to be ineffective.

Lu Bing sighed: "Look at the old craftsmanship, you can hurt the living to death, and you can hurt the dead to life." Long live promised not to punish you, but I didn't promise not to punish the old way.

Lao Dao has been in a coma for many days, maybe he can let Lao Chang play a pipa, and it is a good thing that he can wake up. ”

Before the words fell, several brocade guards opened the cell door and went straight to the old road. Xiao Dong's face turned pale, and he pounced on Lao Dao, crying and not letting him move.

"You have the ability to rush at me, the dean can't open his mouth, what kind of ability are you bullying him!"

The flower thief was already in so much pain that he couldn't stand it at this time, and he bit his tongue and committed suicide three or four times, but the craftsmanship of Jinyiwei was too lacking in virtue, and the silk hemp was not just not to let him speak.

No matter how hard he tried, because of the hindrance of silk and hemp, he could only bite his tongue painfully, and it was difficult to even bite and bleed, let alone bite his tongue to commit suicide. He roared wildly.

"What do you want me to do, what do you want me to recruit, I say, please don't continue!"

It's a pity that others can only hear the sound of whining mixed with screams. Lao Chang had already finished playing the tenth rib at this time, cleaned the minced meat on the comb, and looked at Xiao Dong.

"Dao Chang's ribs look so obvious, I think there is no meat on it, maybe it will be scraped directly on the periosteum, that pain is much worse than what this kid is suffering now.

Lord Lu is right, maybe you can wake up in pain, how can you know if you don't try everything? ”

A few brocade guards dragged Lao Dao up from the ground and walked out. Xiao Dong hugged Lao Dao's waist and didn't let go, and was also dragged out.

The other two brocade guards erected a second torture pillar, and they were about to tie the old way to the torture pillar, and Xiao Dong finally cried.

"Don't move the dean, I said, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you!"

Lu Bing breathed a sigh of relief and made a look, and several brocade guards threw Lao Dao back on the mat.

Lu Bing was about to open his mouth to ask, when Lao Dao, who had been tossed back and forth for the past two days, suddenly opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of black blood.

Everyone was taken aback, after Lao Dao sprayed this mouthful of black blood, his breath was dying, and his face was not as ruddy as usual, and he looked like he was about to die.

In the black blood, a small red worm as thin as a gossamer writhed twice on the ground and then froze.

At this time, it was exactly one month since Ke Zifan left Miao Jiang and entered the capital.

Xiao Dong lay on Lao Dao's body and cried: "You killed the dean, you brutes!" You will not die well! ”

Lu Bing also stood up, he was originally going to use the flower thief and the old way to scare Xiaodong, he really didn't want to do anything about the old way.

Jiajing promised Xiao Feng not to be punished at that time, which of course included Lao Dao. And at this time, the case has not been clarified, and if Lao Dao died in the edict prison without explanation, he would not be able to confess.

Seeing that the success was dying, Xiao Dong saw that Lao Dao was going to die, and he would definitely not say a word, Lu Bing waved his hand irritably.

"Go, please come to the imperial doctor, he can't die until the case is cleared!"

A few brocade-clothed guards ran out in a hurry, and Lu Bing glanced at Xiao Dong, turned around and went out. Only Lao Chang reluctantly packed up the guys.

"Boy, you held it up for me, let's continue to play next time. Don't think about suicide, in prison, it's not like you can die if you want to. ”

The flower thief thought to himself that this is not up to you, even if you don't untie my hands and feet, you have to let me eat, as long as you take out the silk cotton, Lao Tzu will bite his tongue and kill himself!

"Pull out all his teeth, feed him some soup and water, remember to give him medicine, don't let his wounds rot, and he won't survive if he is attacked by poisonous gas!"

"Woo cha mud wood! Poor mud wood! Woo Du Du Mud, Hang Woo Woo Cloth ...... Woo woo woo woo ......"

Xiao Feng went to the palace in his busy schedule and stayed in the "Anfeng Xiaozhu" for an hour, and Xiaomei, who was guarding the door, was very puzzled.

Usually, Lord Xiao feeds the princess with medicine, and it ends with a stick of incense, why has he been feeding it for so long today? It can't be that the prescription has changed, right?

I had the heart to go in and have a look, but the princess gave a strict order, no one was allowed to enter before the end of the feeding, otherwise they would be driven out of the palace.

Finally waited for Xiao Feng to come out, Xiaomei hurriedly ran into the house, only to see the princess lying on the bed panting. Seeing Xiaomei's face full of panic and questions, the princess covered her mouth and smiled.

"Xiaomei, I'm so happy, when a man is willing to let you help him do secret things, he really likes you."

Xiaomei didn't understand, and the princess didn't explain, but just sighed: "Remember, I've been weak lately, and Lord Xiao has worked hard." ”

Two hours later, Xiao Feng and Imperial Doctor Jing were standing in front of the gate of the Imperial Prison, staring at Lu Bing with wide eyes.

"Xiao Feng, what are you doing here? Don't know how to avoid suspicion? ”

Xiao Feng spread his hands: "Prison visit, long live said that I would not be in charge of this case, but my disciple was arrested, and my second view of the main life hangs by a thread, I should always take a look." ”

Lu Bing shook his head: "You'd better not get involved." Xia Yan's matter is a fire pit, whoever touches it is unlucky, and it can't be touched, your father ......"

Lu Bing suddenly stopped, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately changed the topic: "In the past few days, you should talk to Banzai about cultivation more." ”

Xiao Feng looked at Lu Bing fixedly: "Didn't my father offend the Yan Mansion because of the case of the draft girl?" What does it have to do with Xia Yan? ”

Lu Bing waved his hand irritably: "It's okay, I just want to give an example, the Yan family became powerful because Xia Yan fell, if Xia Yan didn't fall, your father wouldn't end up like this." ”

Xiao Feng's mind turned several times, and finally he didn't dwell on this topic, but gave it to Lu Bing very sincerely.

"Lord Lu, you have already invited three imperial doctors, and they all said that Lao Dao's fate hangs by a thread and he may die at any time. Can't I have a fellowship with him, and I can't see him when I die?

He is only a suspect now, the circumstances of the case are unknown, and dying in the edict prison is not what he wants. I invited the Imperial Doctor to show Lao Dao, and I wanted to see it with my own eyes.

If his life is dead, I will not complain to anyone, and if he is injured and tortured to death, I will always seek justice for him! ”

Lu Bing heard the meaning of Xiao Feng's words, if he used to punish Lao Dao, he would inevitably be suspected of resisting the decree. In order to prove his innocence, Lu Bing thought about it, and still took Xiao Feng and Imperial Doctor Jing in.

Xiao Dong was already tired of crying, and was curled up beside Lao Dao and fell asleep grogily, awakened by the sound of the door, and as soon as he turned over, he lay on Lao Dao, looking at the people who came in vigilantly.

When he saw Xiao Feng among the three, Xiao Dong finally couldn't hold it anymore and cried loudly.

"Lord, the dean let them die!"

Lu Bing frowned: "Don't talk nonsense, I haven't tortured Lao Dao!" ”

Xiao Feng walked to the prison door and looked at Lu Bing: "Lord Lu, let Imperial Doctor Jing go in and have a look." ”

Lu Bing waved his hand, Jin Yiwei opened the cell door, Jing Imperial Doctor and Xiao Feng walked into the cell, and Lu Bing sat down outside the cell and stared at them.

The imperial doctor took the pulse for a while, and then took out the silver needle to work on the acupuncture points of the old way. Xiao Dong lay in Xiao Feng's arms and cried, and heard Xiao Feng whispering in her ear.

"Don't stop, keep crying, I have a stick in my hand, you write on the ground, I need to know how to get you out."

Xiao Dong was stunned for a moment, and cried louder in his mouth. Xiao Feng blocked Xiao Dong with a wide back, Xiao Dong took the wooden stick in Xiao Feng's hand and wrote the word "prison" on the mud floor of the edict.

Xiao Feng hugged Xiao Dong in his arms and comforted her loudly: "Don't be afraid, Lord Lu will not torture you, you tell Lord Lu the truth, yes, no, Lord Lu will not wronged you." ”

Under the cover of Xiao Feng's voice, Xiao Dong said softly: "Lord Guan, how can you get me out of the edict?" ”

Xiao Feng followed the dim light of the oil lamp and engraved the word "prison" written by Xiao Dong in his heart, because he knew that with Lu Bing's alertness, he would never have the opportunity to measure the word on the spot!

Sure enough, just after he remembered the shape of this word, Lu Bing stood up abruptly and strode towards the prison, Xiao Feng rubbed the soles of his feet lightly, and the word "prison" on the muddy ground had been erased.

Lu Bing gently pulled Xiao Dong away from Xiao Feng's embrace, looked at the mud marks on the ground, and looked up at Xiao Feng again.

"What do you want to do?"

Xiao Feng said lightly: "I want to test Xiaodong." ”

The Jing Imperial Doctor's hand trembled, Mom, are you so blatant, don't want to live, don't kill your allies!

Lu Bing was also taken aback and looked at Xiao Dong with a blank face. Xiao Dong was also very puzzled in his heart, it was obvious that we were very secretive just now, why do we have to say it openly now?

"What words are you going to test her? How to escape? ”