Chapter One Hundred and Eighty The Spacious Heavenly Prison
Li Congwen was only halfway through his words, and Lao Chen pushed the door in, smiling like an old man next door, "Yo, is the son awake?"
Li Congwen sat up with the bed board, and felt that his body was not only hungry, but also a little empty, "You definitely didn't get me anything good to eat when my soul didn't come back, look at me." β
Lao Chen's smile is no different from usual, and he can't see the joy of reunion after a long absence.
He casually threw the robe hanging on the side onto the bed, and smiled at Li Congwen: "Before, the son never woke up, so he could only eat some liquid food. Even if you feed the others to Childe, you won't be able to chew and swallow it. β
Li Congwen sweated fine when he put on his robe, and smiled bitterly at Lao Chen, "Don't worry about these for now, hurry up and get something to eat." β
"The boy rested for a while. After Lao Chen finished speaking, he left the house.
Li Congwen didn't buckle the rope of his robe either, sat on the chair on both sides, and waited for a while to see Lao Chen bring the food with the servant.
When Li Congwen opened the door, he saw that there was no rain outside, but the ground was wet, and the freshness after the rain also rushed into the house.
But Li Congwen cares more about the aroma of the food.
After a wolf-gobbling meal, Li Congwen took a breath and saw that Lao Chen was sitting on the side drinking, so he stretched out his hand to the wine jug, but was stopped by Lao Chen.
"Childe, let's wait until you're better before drinking a bar. β
Li Congwen swallowed his saliva, he hadn't tasted wine since he lived in Xiaohua's body, and now that a pot of wine was in front of him, he couldn't bear it.
"Can't wait, hurry up and give me two sips. β
"After all, drinking hurts the body, and if Li Xiang comes back to see his son, he will be even more worried. Lao Chen Ben just said casually, he didn't expect Li Congwen to listen, after all, Li Congwen was used to being casual, and others couldn't control it, so he put down his hand on the wine jug.
However, Li Congwen frowned and thought for a moment, but didn't force it anymore, poured some of the remaining dishes into the bowl and began to chew and swallow slowly.
Lao Chen squinted at Li Congwen for a while, and sighed, it seems that Master Li has experienced a lot of things and has changed.
It's just that I don't know if this change is good or bad.
After Li Congwen finished eating, Lao Chen thought that he would ask where his father and two brothers were, but he didn't expect him to ask about Chudi.
"The Xiangjiang River in Chu has been opened, the people affected by the flood should not starve to death, the taxes in various places are just collected, and the treasury will not be in deficit, and Mingwu is settled again. Lao Chen drank the wine in the cup and didn't pour it again, "I heard that there is a craftsman in Chu who is preparing to build a dam in the upper reaches of the river, and there is a Taoist chief to help, if it can be built, there should be a lot less flooding in the river in the future, which is a great merit." β
It's Mo Yi and Meng Zhendao, right?
Li Congwen nodded, patted his belly, and burped, "What about my father and them? Why don't you see me?"
Lao Chen smiled, "If you don't wait to see anyone, you won't want to see Gongzi, the master went to the prison, Yunxian and Sizhe went to Chu with Kang'er, and now they should come back." β
"Heavenly prison?" Li Congwen was stunned, "My father was arrested?"
"No, Li Xiang went to visit General Yang. β
"Visiting? Uncle Yang has moved to the prison, and the prison is more comfortable than staying in the Regent's Mansion?"
Rao is old Chen already knew Li Congwen's temperament very well, and after listening to his words, his originally heavy face couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, "General Yang assassinated His Majesty and was arrested." β
"Huh?"
......
Prison.
The prison is a mysterious place for the people of the capital, once it is rumored in the capital who has gone to the prison, although the people have never seen it, but it must be discussed.
In their minds, the prison was a dark and damp place, heavily guarded, with all kinds of torture instruments in the prison, and the floor was stained crimson with blood that often fell, and could not be washed off.
In fact, it was just an ordinary cell, at most there were more jailers than in other places, and the prisoners were originally older and committed heavier crimes.
Li Jinglan showed the jailer his sign, then walked into the dry and warm prison, and led by the jailer to Yang Qi's cell.
What can I say about this cell, the first image is not eerie, but spacious......
At the position of the cell against the wall, Yang Qi was napping on the cushioned bed, the pillow was a warm jade pillow, warm in winter and cool in summer, and it just fit the shape of the head, obviously newly made.
There was an easy chair next to the bed, and in front of the easy chair was a small table, on which were placed wine jugs and glasses, and in the glasses there were still unfinished drinks, which were even more crystal in the smoke of incense.
The cell has a large skylight that allows sunlight to shine brightly inside the room without disturbing the sleeping person.
Because there is incense, mosquitoes can't get in, and there is no curtain to hang on the curtain.
The jailer who led the way listened to General Yang's snoring, glanced at Li Xiang, and when he saw that he shook his head slightly, he opened the cell door and left.
As soon as Li Jinglan stepped into the cell and was about to sit for a while, he heard an old voice from next door.
"Yang Qi, Li Jinglan is here!"
Li Jinglan was stunned for a moment, and seeing that Yang Qi didn't react, he took two steps back and looked next door.
I don't know if it's because of Yang Qi next door, and the furnishings are similar to his cell, but there is no incense, so you can occasionally see the shadow of mosquitoes.
A cloaked figure was sitting on the bed against the wall, and on the other side of the wall was Yang Qi's bed, thinking that he heard Yang Qi's snoring, so he shouted.
As for why he knew that he was here, Li Jinglan knew that he guessed, because this person was Zhao Hua, the former Chengen Gong of Mingwu.
"It turned out to be Cheng Engong. Li Jinglan saluted.
Zhao Hua didn't turn his head, just waved his hand, "What Cheng Engong, a stupid person." β
Li Jinglan did not answer, saluted again and walked into the cell next door.
At this time, Yang Qi was already sitting on the bed with his eyes rubbed, and when he saw Li Jinglan coming in, he yawned again before sitting on the easy chair and shaking it.
"Sit casually. β
Seeing that the only chair in the cell was occupied, Li Jinglan was silent for a moment, folded the unfolded futon on the bed slightly, put it aside, and sat down.
Yang Qi closed his eyes and shook and asked casually, "Has Your Majesty decided to cut off my head?"
Li Jinglan sat up straight, and his thin figure made him look more like a prisoner than Yang Qi, who was blessed.
"No, Your Majesty wants you to secretly go to another place to live in seclusion. β
"Huh. Yang Qi smiled, "Qi Nian is still so naΓ―ve." β
Li Jinglan was more serious, "You don't have to do this. β
Yang Qi snorted, but it was more like a dream murmur than Ying He.
Li Jinglan sighed, "I'll do my best to get you out." β
"Don't bother with that, I've been tired enough in my life to want to rest. β
"It's not comfortable in prison. β
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "I can't be in prison for a long time, I have offended too many nobles, they won't let me go so easily." β
Li Jinglan, who was originally quite calm, suddenly stood up, pointed at Yang Qi's nose and shouted: "I said at the beginning that you were too hasty to build the academy, and you didn't want Xungui to get involved, even if you have me and Kang'er to help you, what if you can suppress them for a while? It's not that you have fallen into today's situation!"
Yang Qi wiped the saliva on his face, and looked at Li Jinglan, who was rarely angry, with interest, but heard a voice from next door.
"It's the old man, it's the old man. The old man shouldn't have killed your brother and wife for his own selfish desires in the first place, otherwise Mingwu wouldn't have ended up like this. But the old man is glad to know the pain of losing his child, and he didn't kill your child at the beginning, otherwise I don't know what crazy you would be, and I don't know what will happen to this world. It's a pity that it's too late to regret, it's too late to regret. β
Yang Qi snorted, "Old man, I won't forgive you if you regret it, stay in prison for the rest of your life." β
As soon as Zhao Hua interrupted, Yang Qi saw that Li Jinglan was also gasping for breath, and shook his head with a smile, "You are still too conformist, this matter has to be done while the nobles are not prepared, if we are ready, they can also be ready, in the end, it is not as good as now." β
Li Jinglan didn't want to talk about it anymore, he knew that Yang Qi felt that he had fulfilled the trust of the emperor, and now he had no regrets in this life, but this didn't mean that he didn't care about anyone.
"Is your son gone?"
"Xiaoyang has the patriarch to take care of him, and he will be fine. Yang Qi closed his eyes again, but he didn't let the easy chair shake anymore, "Besides, sooner or later, others will find out that Xiaoyang is my child, rather than letting others retaliate against him, it is better to settle the grievance on me." β
After he finished speaking, he raised his voice, obviously to the next door, "Isn't it?
There was no response from the next door, and Yang Qi pursed his lips boringly.
Li Jinglan knew some things about the Zhongnan Patriarch, squinted his eyes and said: "The Daomen has always rarely participated in political affairs, and the Heavenly Master's Mansion only provides some help, but this patriarch's actions in recent years are a little unusual, I'm afraid they are planning something." β
"Worry about what's going on, everything has its own certainty. Yang Qi's chair shook again.
"Do you believe in fate, and you believe that you can't see your son in this life?"
"Not faith in fate, but faith in the future. β
As soon as Yang Qi's words fell, a jailer ran outside the door, saluted the two of them and whispered a few words in Li Jinglan's ear.
Yang Qi clearly saw a smile on Li Jinglan's face, and listened to him again: "Congwen is back." β
"Oh?" Yang Qi became interested and sat up straight, "Where did his soul go before?"
"I didn't say anything, I'm eating in the house now. Li Jinglan stared at Yang Qi for a while, and sighed, "When I recover from the tattoo tomorrow, I will let him come to see you, so I can tell you about your son." β
"Xiao Yang?" Yang Qi looked up at the scene outside the skylight, trying to build a Xiao Yang's face in his mind, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of Xiao Yang's appearance.
"Let him come at noon tomorrow, I heard that he has encountered a lot of interesting things in the rivers and lakes, and I really want to hear about it. Yang Qi retracted his gaze and lay down again, "I still want to hear what Xiaoyang is like in the eyes of others." β