Chapter 400: Available by villains (2)

This is the fifth day that officials were locked in the imperial prison. These adults who were usually pampered and thin, had poor spirits, were in a daze, and were filled with fear. They had already brought out all their mistakes, but why did the Jinyiwei just refuse to give them a frustration? Some people even felt that even if they were exiled, it would be better to be locked in a dark place, and they would be worried about being murdered every day.

It was noon again, and as usual, these adults rushed to the iron railing and looked around, waiting for the arrival of the only lunch that could pass the time. When they first came in, the adults were too lazy to even look at the little brown rice and rotten leaves, but after two days of hunger, the situation was very different. In their opinion, the food that the pigs at home usually don’t eat has become a delicacy, and they just waited for the jailer to put a spoon in his bowl with a spoon.

Sure enough, these adults did not disappoint. After noon, footsteps came from the quiet aisle. But then they found that the situation was a little different, because the past was just a wooden barrel in one hand and an iron spoon in the other, but today there were obviously several more people. Has our hard days finally come to an end? Are the adults of the Jinyiwei finally willing to let us go? Everyone looked ahead with hope, hoping that their guess was correct.

Sure enough, in addition to the jailer who delivered food, there were also several Jinyi lieutenants dressed in flying fish uniforms. One of them looked as if they were dressed as Baihu. The adults were even more anxious and raised their heads and necks to look at the people. Sure enough, the Baihu stood still when he walked to the cell where the officials were imprisoned and said, "According to the orders of Tongzhi, Haipeng, Ning Sixiao, Wang Shaogang... you can leave." As he had passed the names of those people one by one, the five or six people who were named were immediately happy. As he finished speaking, the other people who were not named were deceased and wanted to stay here! However, after seeing the power of the Jinyiwei, these people did not dare to say anything presumptuous, but just looked at the lucky ones with envious and unknown eyes.

"Is it possible that the charges they confessed have been confirmed and the court has already convicted them? Or because the faults they made are relatively minor, the court has pardoned their fault?" The remaining people kept thinking in their minds while eating half-hot and unhealthy lunch. In their opinion, no matter which situation, as long as they can leave the imperial prison, it is a great result. But they don't understand, and they have also explained a lot of things, why is it not their turn? Is it because their crimes are too light, or is it another reason?

The question without answers is the most tormenting. It turns out that they have adapted to the environment here. They were able to fall asleep peacefully at night, and they all suffered from insomnia again that night. They just thought about what to do and what kind of torture they would suffer. But the next day, nothing happened. The Jinyiwei neither tortured them or sent some people out again, which made these adults even more uneasy.

Another sleepless night. When the officials who had been forcing for a day and a night began to accept their fate and wanted to take a nap, it turned out to be very quiet. Even their heartbeat could hear the sound of speaking in the prison, which attracted all the attention of these officials.

There was only a young voice heard: "Mr. Xiaoqi, when I was not in the Jinyiwei, I heard that the Zhao Prison was a famous person in the world. It was easy to get in and difficult to get out. But why did so many people go out yesterday? Isn't this too much to lose face for our Jinyiwei?"

"What do you boy know?" A voice that was a little drunk said, "Although our Jinyiwei is so glorious, no one dares to offend anyone. The superiors ordered us to release others, and we can only obey our orders."

"Does these adults who were released have a big backer behind them?" The young voice asked, and the officials who heard this all gave negative answers in their hearts. They could say that they knew their colleagues very well. If they really had a backer, why would they become censors who had basically no money to make? This was the least popular official position in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Sure enough, after sneering, the old voice said, "Of course it's not the case, but this matter is about Lord Tongzhi. I can't tell you, a child, that you will spread it when the time comes. If Lord Tongzhi blames you, I can't afford it." His refusal made the officials very anxious. This matter has a personal connection with them. He only wants to know the mystery of the matter and he can escape from the sea of ​​suffering. Who would have thought that this person would not say it. If these adults could meet this person, they would definitely pinch his neck with their hands and force him to tell the truth.

"Brother Huang, I think you don't know anything, so you said this on purpose, right? I think so, you are guarding the prison like me. How could you let you know about the matter of Tongzhi?" The young voice said disapprovingly. After hearing this young man, he did not give up, but instead used the provocation method. These adults were all happy, hoping that Brother Huang was really unbearable and told the truth.

"Do you think I am like you, don't know the inside story?" Brother Huang snorted, obviously he was trapped: "You don't know that my brother is the personal guard in front of Lord Tongzhi. What can I hide from him? And he and I even talk about everything. Even some secret matters about Lord Tongzhi always say that they know about me after getting drunk. This is what he told me when he was drinking. But my brother said that this matter is very important and cannot be told to others."

Unexpectedly, this person refused to reveal the truth after talking for a long time, which made the officials even more uncomfortable. However, they had to worry at this moment and could only hope in their hearts that the young man could have any other way to make him speak.

Sure enough, the young man really couldn't stand Brother Huang's reluctance to confess, and said, "Brother Huang, don't you believe me? I, Xiao Yu, are you a tight-lipped person. What do you have to say to me?"

"This is really unspeakable."

"It seems that my elder brother still doesn't regard me as a brother. It seems that I have always regarded you as my elder brother. Forget it, I will no longer force Brother Huang." The young man actually used the method of retreating to advance, which made the officials behind him even more excited, and at the same time he prayed that Brother Huang would compromise.

After sighing, the elder brother Huang finally said, "Xiao Yu, I don't treat you as a brother, it's really..." As he said that, he seemed to have made a lot of decision secretly. After gritting his teeth, he said, "Okay, since you must want to know, I will tell you, but you can't tell me about this anymore."

He heard him speak solemnly, the officials who heard this all looked ridiculous. The rough people are rough people, and they actually forgot about themselves. However, they also knew that this matter was related to their own personal interests, even life, death, honor and disgrace, so of course they did not dare to make any sound, which made the two people who were talking notice it.

"That's right. Do you remember that Lu Qianhu came to the imperial prison to ask the adults to write their confessions? The problem lies in these confessions. Lu Qianhu handed the confessions to Lord Tang. He saw that some of them were vicious and actually pushed all the blame to Eunuch Wei in the Nine Thousand Years. Now the adults are in a dilemma. If they investigated them truthfully, this matter would inevitably offend Jiu Qiansui. In desperation, the adults had to release these people first."

"What? It's so why?" All the officials were stunned. It turned out that Tang Feng also had someone he dared not offend. Why didn't he think of this before? If he had written this way before, he might have been out of the imperial prison now, right? These officials suddenly became deeply regretful, and hated that he hadn't thought of using nine thousand years as a shield earlier?

In fact, if these people were not afraid to do this and were afraid of offending Jiu Qiansui, they would not have ignored this trick of pushing the committee that was used excessively in the officialdom. Now they think that they are really stupid and are afraid of Jiu Qiansui's blame. Wouldn't Tang Feng be afraid? How could he let these words of Jiu Qiansui's fault fall into the Eye of Jiu Qiansui?

At this time, the young man suddenly said, "So it's such a thing. Brother Huang is worthy of being the master of all things on the ground in my imperial prison. As expected, nothing can be hidden from you."

Seeing that his little brother was very respectful to him, Brother Huang also became proud and said after a while: "Today I have such a big deal and told you all such a secret matter. You have to treat me to have a good meal tomorrow. And the girl from Yichun Pavilion, I haven't visited them for some time, so you also..."
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