However, the corpse disappeared. In Zhang Lin's opinion, this is not a bad thing. On the one hand, it means that there must be a problem with the corpse, otherwise why should it be stolen secretly? Since there is a problem with the corpse, even if the existence of the snake tattoo is not verified, I will not be guilty of deceiving the monarch; on the other hand, it means that the snake spirit is guilty and is ready to destroy the corpse in advance. This is also good. If the mysterious tattoo of the snake spirit is exposed to the public, it may bring about even more crazy revenge by the snake spirit on its face, which will definitely be a devastating disaster for me.

The group of people did not say a word, surrounded the chariot and walked towards the northwest, passing through many palaces, passing through the flowery imperial garden, leaving the palace from Lijingmen, crossing a road, and entering the courtyard of the Neiwei Mansion.

The Neiwei Mansion has a total of four entry points and does not occupy a large area, because there are not many people discussing matters here. Most of them have been conducting open and secret investigations outside for many years to detect various intelligence. If there are any situations, they are generally transmitted through carrier pigeons or special personnel, and reported to the Neiwei Mansion for filing or deciding.

The cell is located underground.

With Wu Changzai and the emperor's verbal instructions, the group could go straight to the dungeon and invisibly ask Xiao Qingfang, the leader of the Inner Guard Pavilion.

I was going to go to the dungeon, but the chariot could not enter. Zhang Lin got off the chariot and, with the help of Gao Lishi, followed Wu Chang and others, and slowly walked down the steps.

The underground cell has not seen the sun for many years, and it is inevitable that it is dark and humid, and there is an unpleasant smell of moldy and fishy smell floating in the air.

The underground space is quite wide, almost half of the ground, and it is divided into dozens or hundreds of prison cells, with corridors traversing, and a candle lamp is lit every two or three feet away. At every corner, there are inner guards wearing military caps and brown armor on duty.

First, I went to the C-shaped prison where Huizhong was detained. Through the iron grille door, I could see a person lying on the haystack in the cell facing the inside, wearing a dark red prisoner's uniform, and the black "inmate" character behind it was quite eye-catching.

"Open the door!" Wu Chang spoke in a deep voice.

An inner guard took out a bunch of keys from his waist, made a slight clanging sound, opening the iron fence door.

"Criminal C, turn around and see the adults!" The inner guard shouted at the person lying on the haystack. In the cell, there was no name, only the prisoner's number.

The man lying on the hay pile sat up slowly and asked sleepily, "Who is the adult?"

The prisoner's age is similar to Huizhong, but his face is far from that of the latter. Most of the people at the scene, except for Di Guangyuan, had fought with Huizhong, and they were naturally familiar with the latter. The prisoner was fake at first glance.

"Who are you? How could you be in Cell C?" Zhang Lin asked in surprise.

"My name is Qi Qi. I was locked up here three days ago? Is there any problem?" the prisoner asked in surprise, his eyes lit up and he said happily, "Is it possible that I was caught by mistake? So, are you here to let me go?"

It is obvious that Huizhong was released three days ago. The man named Qi Qi was locked in a cell No. Bing, making a fuss and concealed the prison guards' inspection.

This snake spirit is too arrogant, and even the prisoner is replaced. Did they know that we were going to test the snake-shaped tattoos, so they evacuated early or openly attacked?

"What's going on!" Wu Chang's face was extremely gloomy, his eyes became more and more angry, and he stared at the inner guard prisoner.

Seeing this scene, the inner guard was so scared that he knelt on the ground, tremblingly and said, "Dadfather-in-law, I don't know what's going on! I just got on duty today. I really don't know that the prisoners in this cell have changed."

By this time, the matter was already very obvious. The spy Huizhong had been let go privately! Who was the one who let Huizhong go? This was already obvious.

This person who pretended to be Huizhong stayed in the C cell was suspected of being a snake spirit spy, and Zhang Lin ordered the prison guard to check Qi Qi's tattoo.

"Why do you need to verify your reputation? Could it be that you have to push me out of the Meridian Gate and behead me for public display?" Qi Qi said sarcastically, and reluctantly took off the prisoner's clothes.

The body presented to everyone was light and thundering, and there was no tattoo on it, which means that it was neither a snake spirit spy nor a member of the inner guard, but an ordinary prisoner. He should be a character who was not afraid of death, or he was a death row prisoner himself, so the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water. Perhaps Xiao Qingfang gave him some benefits, so he lay in this cell and mixed up.

Before leaving the dungeon, Zhang Lin asked the scared prison guard of the inner guard: "Which cell is Xiaomei locked in?"

"Who is Xiaomei?" The inner guard jailer was a little confused.

"It's the Li Tangmei who assassinated the emperor." Zhang Lin had no choice but to say this.

"Oh. She was locked in cell A."

Xiaomei assassinated the emperor, so she became the number one prisoner of the inner guard and was locked in a cell A for trial.

"Go and have a look." Zhang Lin said expressionlessly. The reason why he wanted to inspect Xiaomei's cell was to get familiar with the path and wait for an opportunity to let her out in the future.

Wu Chang Yeyu felt puzzled. Xiaomei was not the snake spirit person mentioned by Zhang Lin. She had never mentioned it before in front of the emperor. Now she is going to see what she is doing? However, they did not say anything, because everyone has arrived at the dungeon and it only takes a few steps to get to the A cell, so there is no need to waste any more talk.

Under the guidance of the inner guards, the group walked through the darkness to the corridor and came to the A-shaped cell.

The cell with a character A is half larger than the cell with a character C. In addition to the pile of firewood for prisoners to sleep, there is also a low table and a low stool.

On the haystack was a female prisoner lying on the side, facing the door of the cell.

"Criminal A, stand up." The inner guard opened the lock, entered the cell, and shouted loudly.

No response.

Wu Chang nodded to an eunuch and signaled him to go over and pull the prisoner up.

"Get up!" The eunuch walked over and raised his foot and kicked the firewood pile that the female prisoner waded in, but still no response.

The eunuch leaned over and turned the female prisoner over, covering half of her face, lifted her hair, and saw that the female prisoner closed her eyes and looked pale. She was not Xiaomei, but a strange face, and she was dead.

"Ah, Xiaomei was also replaced?" Wu Chang and Ye Yu were both shocked.

In addition to being shocked, Zhang Lin also had confusion.

Huizhong was let go by the snake spirit, which is reasonable, because Huizhong is a spy who is placed in the guards of the snake spirit. How could Xiaomei be let go? Could it be that she is also a member of the snake spirit?

Zhang Lin frowned and thought, and suddenly remembered that there was a snake head among the snake spirit, also called Xiaomei. He was extremely beautiful, had extremely high martial arts skills, and was good at making blood poison. He was nicknamed Blood Spirit and ranked second among the snake spirits, but in fact he was almost the same as the Shining Spirit.

Could it be that Xiaomei is a blood spirit?

Thinking of the Blood Poison Powder painted on Xiaomei's sword, Zhang Lin judged that Xiaomei was probably a blood spirit.

But when the masked killer assassinated him that day, it was Xiaomei who took action to protect him. Zhang Lin didn't believe that Xiaomei was the head of the snake spirit.

If Xiaomei was a blood spirit, wouldn't it be easier for her to kill herself? Why didn't the snake spirit let her do it? Even if she didn't let her do it, then when the masked killer assassinated, she could be out of the matter and sit idly by. How could she take action to repel the masked killer and protect herself? This makes no sense.

Zhang Lin felt that his mind was a little overwhelmed.

Regardless of whether Xiaomei is a member of the snake spirit or a blood spirit, she has saved her life and is considered his savior. It is a blessing that she left safely. To avoid taking the risk of buying and releasing her privately, Zhang Lin could only think so...

The expression in Zhang Lin's eyes changed from shock to confusion to sudden enlightenment to relief to relaxation, and could not escape Ye Yu's keen perception. She moved closer to Zhang Lin and asked quietly:

"Jixian man, what did you think of?"

"It's nothing." Zhang Lin said casually. He couldn't tell Ye Yu what he thought was. He even had a sense of suspicion in his heart. These people were likely letting Ye Yu go.
Chapter completed!