The imperial prison of Zhenfu Si Yamen on the southwest side of Hongwu Gate in the imperial city was a place where even civil and military officials walked around.
Walking diagonally down along the two-foot-tall deep blue brick wall along the road, at the end are two dark raw lacquer doors. When you open the doors, you will find the prison prison deep underground in the cold and damp depths.
Jinyiwei was established for decades, and the imperial prison also existed for decades, and countless people died in it. Rumor has it that once it gets dark, there are many innocent souls wandering in this deep alley, and cries are often heard in the dark corners...
Therefore, this road is very quiet all year round, especially after dusk. Except for Li Xing Jin Yi and the Guard School, not even a bird flies over here.
At the end of Xu Shi, Lin Linyou held a lantern and walked alone in this deep alley. As a young man of the new era who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, although he had also encountered strange things (including being able to Coming to this world through time travel is a very strange thing in itself), but he is not afraid of rumors, Ah Piao and the like.
What's more, he drank a few ounces of wine in the evening, so even if he is a coward, he should be brave enough.
The weak firelight of the lantern only illuminated the area in front of me. The high walls on both sides were dark, and the shadows of the trees were dancing. The night wind stirred up the leaves, and the leaves rustled together. Occasionally, a few pieces fell down, like butterflies in the underworld. dance.
Although Lin Linyou was not afraid, he always felt like someone was following him. He walked quickly for a few steps and soon arrived in front of the black door. He grabbed the animal-faced ring on the right and knocked it three times - because he was holding a lantern in his left hand and his right hand was free. This was the habit of always being ready to draw a sword. Habit.
"Who's here?" came the lazily voice of the captain on duty from inside the door.
"General Banner Lin Linyou."
The heavy door slowly opened from the inside to both sides. The two captains each held a door, yawning, and looked like they had not woken up.
Lin Linyou showed his waist card to the two of them and said, "Let one person lead the way. I want to see someone commit Huang Ze's crime."
"General Flag, please follow me." A school captain took the lantern from Lin Linyou's hand and walked deeper into the yard. The door behind him closed heavily with a rattling sound.
After passing through several small courtyards where officials were held under house arrest pending trial, they finally stopped in front of a stone wall covered with dead vines.
There is an iron door embedded in the stone wall, and below the iron door are the bluestone steps leading to the dungeon.
The captain took out the key and opened the iron door with a bang.
"You can rest!" Lin Linyou took the lantern again.
The captain was eager for this, so he told Lin Linyou the prison number and left yawning.
Lin Linyou walked down the stairs alone. There were no lights in the dungeon. The prison was always dark, cold and damp during the day.
Huang Ze, wearing a heavy shackle on his head and shackles on his feet, was huddled in a dirty haystack in a dark corner in a posture that made him uncomfortable to look at.
In this heavily guarded prison, the shackles and shackles are not to prevent prisoners from escaping, but to prevent them from committing suicide.
After seeing this kind of environment, Lin Linyou's first thought was: The pigs raised at home when I was a child lived in pig pens with better conditions than this. We often clean the straw from the pig pen, but the straw pile in the dungeon cell has probably never been replaced.
"Huang Ze." Lin Linyou stood outside the prison cell and shouted softly.
Huang Ze moved: What was supposed to come, has it finally come?
However, no one opened the cell door to take him out, so he remained curled up and motionless.
There are three officials and four civilians. When Huang Ze was arrested, it happened to be the 23rd small year of the twelfth lunar month for the official family. Today is the 24th small year of the twelfth lunar month for the people. According to the custom, during the big festival between the government and the people, prisoners are generally not questioned. In addition to carrying out the imperial court's benevolence, the executioner also had to celebrate the festival, and he didn't want to make him full of resentment during the festival!
"I'm not here to mention you." Lin Lin said, "I was asked to come to see you."
Huang Zewang couldn't think of anyone coming to see him. After thinking about it, he sat up and crawled slowly towards him.
Although he looked dirty and embarrassed, his eyes were still shining.
"Who is it?" Huang Ze grabbed the wooden fence. When he saw Lin Linyou's face clearly under the lantern fire, he understood that it was Yu Miaolan.
"Is she... okay?" Huang Ze asked in a hoarse voice.
"Don't worry, she's fine." Lin Linyou knelt down, took out a pack of lotus leaf buns from his arms, and stuffed it in between the fences, "It's such a young year, she made the dumplings for you with her own hands, try them. Bar!"
Huang Ze stretched out his hand and silently took the lotus leaf bag, which still carried the residual warmth from Lin Lin's chest. However, the dumplings were already cold.
With trembling hands, he slowly opened the lotus leaf bag and looked at the white, tender and slightly yellow dumplings, his eyes becoming more and more crystal clear.
Huang Ze picked up a dumpling and looked at it for a long time before stuffing it into his mouth and chewing it slowly. After one dumpling was finished, his hand movements obviously sped up, and he stuffed one dumpling after another into his mouth. When he couldn't stuff any more, he struggled to move his cheek and masseter muscles, and then swallowed hard, even with tears in his eyes. Choked.
Seeing him like this, Lin Linyou felt a little sad.
"Did you kill all the tourists in Jiaofang's Sinan Market Building?" Taking this opportunity, Lin Linyou finally expressed his true intention of coming. He also didn't believe that the young boy in front of him could kill so many people.
After hearing this, Huang Ze stopped the movements of his hands and mouth, and was stunned, and then he ate and chewed desperately. When all the dumplings were finished, he didn't answer Lin Linyou, and took the lotus leaf. Throw it away, turn around and crawl towards the dark corner of the prison cell.
"I know you didn't kill everyone." Lin Lin said, "The real culprit is someone else."
The one who answered him was still silent.
"Do you know that he has already started to attack Miss Yu." Lin Linyou stood up and looked into the dark corner, "Do you still want to protect him?"
"Why should I trust you? With a piece of dumpling?"
"That man is good at using two hooks and sickles, and is proficient in spear skills, especially Ma's spear." Lin Lin said, "Am I right?"
There was a slight clang of chains coming from the corner.
Lin Linyou knew that he was right, Huang Ze knew the killer! Strike while the iron is hot: "If I weren't there that night, you wouldn't be able to eat this dumpling tonight!"
After waiting for a while, there was only silence in response to him.
Lin Linyou patted the wooden fence helplessly and sighed: "Okay. Let's go!"
He really picked up the lantern and left.
After taking only two steps, Huang Ze's voice sounded behind him, as if he was saying to himself: "No, he won't..."
Lin Linyou stopped and saw that he was silent again. He knew that with such a person's nature, no matter how much he pestered him, he would not be able to find out the reason.
Listening to the light of the lantern in the darkness and Lin Linyou's footsteps fading away, Huang Ze finally made up his mind and shouted: "Wait!"
Sleeping prisoners in other cells were startled by this shout and woke up.
As soon as Lin Linyou stepped onto the stone steps, when she heard him shouting, her heart sank and she felt happy. It seemed that the answer was about to be revealed!
He walked back quickly and squatted down. Huang Ze had climbed out again and looked into Lin Linyou's eyes.
Lin Linyou also looked directly into his eyes.
Both of them had the red firelight of lanterns flickering in their eyes.
"He, he is..."
Things are so unlucky. Just when Huang Ze was about to name the real murderer, a cry came from outside the dungeon's iron door: "Hold the lamp!"
"Yes!" Four captains rushed in immediately and quickly lit the oil lamps on the wall of the dungeon corridor one by one.
The dark dungeon suddenly became brighter.
The prisoner who was awakened narrowed his eyes in discomfort, turned around, and buried his face deeply into the straw.
Suddenly, all the hairs on Lin Linyou's body stood up. He stood up slowly and stared at the iron door at the other end of the corridor. There seemed to be a powerful energy pouring in!
His intuition told him that a big shot was walking in!
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