Mary went to the prison to visit the prince.
The jailer led the way with a lantern, and he wanted to carry a wooden box for Mary.
Mary yelled loudly: "You don't need to take it."
The two men marched in the darkness.
The warder stopped in front of a cell: "Princess, this is it."
Mary: "Prince, where are you? I am Mary."
Zhang Zhongliang: "Mary, I'm here."
The sound of rushing water.
Mary slowly adapted to the darkness. When she saw Zhang Zhongliang in the sky prison, the waist-deep water prison was filled with stench, she couldn't help but shed tears: "Prince, Sir, I have made you feel wronged. Come here quickly."
Inside and outside the prison, the two of them were close at hand, but their hands could not hold each other.
Mary picked up the jailer: "How could this happen?"
Jailer: "Princess, princess, there are regulations in the prison. All prisoners must be handcuffed and shackled. This is not up to the villain."
Mary: "Go, open it immediately."
Jailer: "No, princess, if the emperor finds out, he will kill the villain."
Mary: "I'll kill you now."
Jailer: "Princess, please spare your life, Princess, spare your life. I'll shoot, I'll shoot. I'll shoot."
The jailer opened the cell door and removed Zhang Zhongliang's shackles.
Zhang Zhongliang walked out of the water, and the two hugged each other tightly.
Mary: "Prisoner, listen, from now on, I will personally deliver three meals a day, and my husband is not allowed to eat any other food."
Jailer: "Hi, hi, got it, got it."
Mary: "Send someone to clean the water cell today. From now on, the water in the water cell will be changed every day."
Jailer: "Hey, hey, do it, do it."
Mary took out a gold bar from her pocket and gave it to the jailer: "This is a reward for you. If my husband can be released from prison safely, I will also give you a heavy reward. If something goes wrong, you will never survive and I will be buried with you."
The jailer took the gold bar and said, "Hey, hey, I don't dare, I don't dare."
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Wang Erhan sat high in the middle of the hall, with Qiu Yunlong, the leader of the Brahman religion of the Western Liao Kingdom, sitting on the left, and the queen sitting on the right.
Wang Erhan: "The country is in troubled times, with floods and plagues, internal and external troubles, and the Imperial Guard is inspecting the country this time. What report do you have?"
Qiu Yunlong: "I have been traveling for more than a month and just returned last night. Wherever I went, I learned a lot. The plague outside the city is likely to spread outwards. I have ordered local officials to die with the people in the name of Your Majesty. No one is allowed to die. Relocation, otherwise we will be punished for running away from the battle and the whole family will be killed. As for the flood, I opened a warehouse to provide food relief on the day I went there. The people are all grateful to the emperor for his kindness, and the army and the people are united. Now the flood control has achieved results."
After hearing this, all the ministers could not help but sigh and sigh.
Wang Erhan: "Thank you for your hard work, Imperial Master. I have decided to implement benevolent government and will inform the whole country immediately."
Hao Xiwei said disdainfully: "Ah! I just don't know if your majesty is just talking about it or if you really mean it?"
Wang Erhan: "How do you say this?"
Hao Xiwei: "There is one thing that is urgent at the moment. The prince of Nanzhao, Zhang Zhongliang, is currently imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. Whatever crime he committed, he will not behead someone for no reason. This is benevolent government. What is unbenevolent in the world? Today, your majesty can personally There will be a joint trial, and the guilty will be punished, and the innocent will be released in court, so that all the ministers can be convinced."
Wang Erhan: "How to conduct a trial?"
Hao Xiwei: "Your Majesty, please tell Wang Chengxi to go to the palace and you will know."
Wang Erhan: "Wang Chengxi was poisoned yesterday and escaped danger. How do we announce him today?"
Hao Xiwei: "Wang Chengxi was poisoned. What kind of poison was he poisoned? The poisoning yesterday can only be tested today. Otherwise, in a few days, the coconut case will become an unsolved case. Do you want to lock up Zhang Zhongliang for the rest of his life?"
Wang Erhan: "There is nothing wrong with a joint trial, but how to inform Wang Chengxi? Who will take responsibility if the condition worsens?"
Hao Xiwei: "Wang Chengxi was poisoned and could not be rescued until an hour later. The poison did not kill him, which shows that the poison was not deep, and the person who poisoned it must be a stupid person, otherwise Wang Chengxi would have died long ago. Since he is not dead yet, he must be carried to the palace. Come confront."
All the ministers discussed and nodded in approval.
Wang Erhan: "Okay, tell Wang Chengxi to go to the palace."
Here, Wang Chengxi is playing cockfighting, happily and lively. Naifei was by her side.
Huangmen reported: "Your Majesty announces that the young prince is coming to the palace."
Wang Chengxi panicked: "Oh, it's not good." Suddenly he rubbed his belly: "Oh, oh, my stomach hurts, oh, I'm going to die, help me!"
Naifei stepped forward: "What are you shouting for? Father has decreed that you must go to the palace."
Wang Chengxi was lying on the bed with a towel on his forehead. It was carried up to the main hall by four Huangmen.
Wang Erhan: "Wang Chengxi, are you okay?"
Hao Xiwei: "Is this how the emperor always judges cases?"
Wang Erhan couldn't hold it back and started to get angry: "You mean I can't judge the case? Well, you do it, and let me see how you try the law?"
Hao Xiwei: "Then open your eyes." He walked down the steps of the hall and reached Wang Chengxi's bedside.
Wang Chengxi was scared and opened his eyes slightly.
Hao Xiwei: "Wang Chengxi, let me show you a treasure." He took out a rolled bag from his sleeve and waved it in front of Wang Chengxi.
Wang Chengxi was shocked when he saw that the cloth bag he had abandoned was in Hao Xiwei's hands, but he pretended to be calm.
Hao Xiwei held up the donation bag: "Ministers, you see, this bag was found near the coconut grove site yesterday. The contents of the rolled bag were identified by Taiyuan Hospital as a mixture of croton cream and pig blood powder. According to the Taiyuan Hospital's report, this If the two substances are mixed and taken orally, it will cause poisoning, but only a small amount is not life-threatening. However, the symptoms after oral administration are abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, opisthotonus, and the vomited matter is the same as vomiting blood. Therefore, there is no need to panic because Wang Chengxi was poisoned."
Wang Erhan: "It seems reasonable, but in this case, it was Wang Chengxi himself who deliberately framed Zhang Zhongliang. Then why is Wang Chengxi still so sleepy?"
Hao Xiwei: "Your Majesty, please be patient." He approached Wang Chengxi, took out a bottle from his sleeve, and opened the cap: "Wang Chengxi, take a look at this."
Wang Chengxi closed his eyes and pretended to be deaf and dumb.
Hao Xiwei: "If you don't look at it, you will regret it for the rest of your life." He unscrewed the bottle cap, and a small blue and white snake poked its head out of the bottle.
Hao Xiwei said calmly: "Even though it is small, it is the most poisonous thing. If it is bitten, it will really kill you." He poured the blue and white snake on the quilt in front of Wang Chengxi's bed.
The whole court was in an uproar, both civil and military.
Wang Erhan: "Hao Xiwei, what do you want to do?"
Hao Xiwei snickered: "Hahaha. Hahaha!"
Wang Chengxi's hair stood on end. He opened his eyes slightly and saw a blue and white snake standing upright in front of the bed, spitting out red snakes. He screamed in horror, jumped up from the bed, and ran away through the door.
Hao Xiwei: "Hahaha! Hahaha! Don't panic, adults. This is just the most common side dish in the vegetable garden. Hahahaha——"
All the civil and military officials laughed in unison.
In front of Zhang Zhongliang's water prison.
Huangmen announced: "Your Majesty has a decree: pardon Zhang Zhongliang and he will be released from prison upon seeing the decree."
Mary complained loudly: "I am not guilty at all, so why should I be forgiven?"
The jailer carefully helped Zhang Zhongliang out of the water cell.
Mary helped Zhang Zhongliang walk out of the dark prison. Approaching the cell door, Mary blindfolded Zhang Zhongliang.
Zhang Zhongliang: "Why?"
Mary: "The direct sunlight outside the prison may blind you." Zhang Zhongliang held Mary's hand tightly.
Outside the prison, Zhang Zhongliang was supported by Mary and got into the carriage that had been prepared.
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