In the entire territory of Dahua, except for the yamen of the imperial court, only the prince's palace was granted permission by the imperial power to build a private prison. Princes, all of whom are the most descendant of the royal family, are likely to become the future masters of this country. Mei Yuanchen has been in the Jaw King's Mansion for a long time, but there are a few places he has never been to, one of which is this cell.

There are usually not many people in the palace, and the private prison in the palace is generally not very large. There are only twenty cells in the jaw king's mansion, which are not only solid and sturdy, but also tidy and tidy, which is many times better than the official prison. At this time, there was only one prisoner in the entire cell, and that was the ragged man he found for Mei Yuanchen in the east of the city eight days ago.

The cell steward was a sturdy middle-aged man with a beard, and he saw Xia Chengxuan and Mei Yuanchen coming from a distance, and he had already taken the key and walked to the cell door and bowed and waited.

"Open the door!" Xia Chengxuan stopped in front of the cell door and ordered. The bearded steward got the order, hurriedly inserted the key to open the lock, stepped back to the side, and said, "Shizi, Gongzi, the prison door is low, please be careful!"

Before he was imprisoned, the government soldiers had already cleared the ragged man and changed into a clean robe. At this time, he turned his back to the wall and muttered something softly, Mei Yuanchen listened intently, but he could not hear clearly.

"Chengxuan, I may have to stay here for a long time, you can go and go with your own business, you don't need to accompany you here!" Mei Yuanchen said to Xia Chengxuan. The man in front of him was delirious, and it was difficult for him to ask for any important information for a while, so he had secretly made up his mind to stay here and observe carefully before making plans.

Xia Chengxuan had already come here to interrogate several times before, but he really didn't have any way to deal with that man, and he had expected that Mei Yuanchen might not be able to achieve results in the short term. At this time, seeing his solemn expression, he smiled and said to him: "Okay, then I'll go back first." If you have anything to do, just tell them to do it! This is not an easy task, so you must not be in too much of a hurry. I'll wait for you and Yiyi to eat lunch, but don't teach me to send someone to call!"

Mei Yuanchen naturally knew his good intentions, nodded and replied with a reluctant smile: "Well, I'll take care of it! Seeing that he had gone away, Mei Yuanchen sat down on his knees beside the man and listened to him quietly.

"Let's go around, hee-hee-ha-ha... Uh-huh, uh-huh... Uh-huh, uh-huh..."

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"I have a pot of wine, but I don't know whether it is clear or turbid. Uh-huh, uh-huh... La-la-huh...

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A quarter of an hour... Two quarters of an hour ... An hour... Two hours... The man sat there, muttering all the time, never even looking at Mei Yuanchen.

There was a sound of rustling outside, but it was Xia Chengxuan's attendant Ah Lai, who came over, bowed down and said to Mei Yuanchen: "Yuanchen Gongzi, lunch is ready, the prince sent me to call you." ”

Unconsciously, Mei Yuanchen listened to the crazy man's babbling and singing nonsense in this cell all morning. However, this morning, he went back and forth with those few sentences, and there was no more than half a word, where could he hear any clues? Mei Yuanchen had no other way, and since it was time to eat, he had to get up and walk out.

The guards standing on the side were guarding the cell door with an iron bowl, and it seemed that it was lunch for the madman. Seeing Mei Yuanchen coming out of the prison door, he took the iron rice bowl to the crazy man, and said to him, "Hey, it's time to eat!"

The madman, though delirious, is not so unaware that he does not know how to eat. Seeing that the soldiers had brought food, he hurriedly reached out and took the bowl from him, and ate it with a pull.

"Well, let's go. I'm so anxious that I think I'll be able to hear something famous this morning!" Seeing that things can't be done for the time being, Mei Yuanchen couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart. He glanced at the man again, and saw that he was only engaged in eating, so he walked quickly outside.

"Hehe, Brother Baili, what do you see this is? This is your favorite braised pork kidney! Hehe, are you hungry? Do you want to come over and eat some?" Mei Yuanchen had already walked five or six feet, and suddenly clearly heard the crazy man say happily. This was the first time since the Borneo Temple that Mei Yuanchen heard him speak so clearly, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly took the "Douzhuan Diagonal Step Twenty-three" and rushed towards the cell.

The soldier who delivered the meal was about to lock the prison door, but he felt a phantom floating over and landed in the cell to form Mei Yuanchen's appearance, and he was shocked and stunned for a while. The crazy man was picking up the rice in the bowl, and found that there seemed to be someone in front of him, and when he looked up and saw that it was Mei Yuanchen, he suddenly laughed and said excitedly: "Brother Baili, you... Are you really here? Haha! This is very good! Come on, come on! Sit down, I still have a bowl of rice here, are you hungry? If you don't dislike it, why don't you eat with me?" I saw him look at himself, his eyes were blazing, full of joy and expectation.

Mei Yuanchen was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and replied, "Wow." But he secretly thought in his heart: "This crazy man seems to have a lot to do with his uncle, and he is willing to share half of the bowl of rice." ”

"Official, official, please! Please give me some food, okay? Look, you see, my Baili brother has been hungry for a few days, and it doesn't seem to be enough, you... If you are doing well, will you give us a little food? We are students of the Wuying Academy, you are doing well!" the madman suddenly fell to the ground crying and shouting.

Hearing his nonsense words, Mei Yuanchen couldn't help but mourn, and he had a faint feeling in his heart that his uncle was only afraid that he was no longer alive. "What happened? How could my uncle suddenly disappear and be nowhere to be found? Listening to what he said, it seems that his uncle has been locked up by the government and has been hungry for several days!" Mei Yuanchen thought about it, and then said to the government soldiers: "You go and get another meal." The soldiers replied "yes" and hurriedly went down to prepare.

"Ah Lai, go and tell the prince and the lord of the county, and I will eat here, so that they will not wait for me. Ah Lai had already walked outside the prison, but when he saw that Mei Yuanchen did not follow, he had to turn back in a hurry, and was waiting outside the prison door at this time. Mei Yuanchen couldn't leave for a while, so he said.

Ah Zi is full of promises, and he is going back to his life. Before he left, the soldiers brought a bowl of food and gave it to Mei Yuanchen.

"You go down first, you don't need to wait here. Mei Yuanchen stretched out his hand to take the dishes and chopsticks, and said to the soldiers.

Mei Yuanchen was holding the dishes and chopsticks, and was about to sit down opposite the crazy man, but he listened to him rap nonsense:

"Let's go around, hee-hee-ha-ha... Uh-huh, uh-huh... Uh-huh, uh-huh..."

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"I have a pot of wine, but I don't know whether it is clear or turbid. Uh-huh, uh-huh... La-la-huh...

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"Alas!" Mei Yuanchen was stunned, sighed helplessly, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and walked out quickly.