When he saw Li Zhongyong's name, Chang Sheng's first reaction was whether he had the same name. But then he looked at the place where the incident occurred. It was Hejian Mansion in Hebei Province, and the ancestral home of his second senior brother Li Zhongyong was Hejian.
Seeing this, Changsheng frowned. The files he was currently looking through were the conviction files of the Ministry of Punishment. They were all cases that had been completed and reported to the local authorities for approval. There were five levels of criminal law in the Tang Dynasty, from light to heavy. Flogging, cane punishment, imprisonment, exile, and death penalty. The crime Hejian Mansion charged Li Zhongyong with was treason and rebellion, which was a capital crime.
I eagerly spread the word and read the details. It turned out that the incident happened a month ago. Someone reported that Li Zhongyong had contacts with the Shenzhou rebel Chen Liqiu and secretly funded Chen Liqiu's cloth, money and food. After investigation by Hejian Mansion, it was found to be true, and Li Zhongyong was arrested. All three were captured and imprisoned in the Hejian Mansion Prison. They will only be sentenced to death after approval from the Ministry of Punishment.
The files he was looking at were all processed by the Ministry of Punishment. The end of Li Zhongyong's file had been stamped with the approval seal of the Ministry of Punishment, and the approval date was three days ago.
Since there were still several officials from the Ministry of Punishment around him, Chang Sheng was worried that they would see the clues, so Chang Sheng calmed down, put down Li Zhongyong's file and continued to look through the following files. However, he was so anxious at this time that he had no time to look at other files. Flipping, while thinking anxiously in my mind.
As a censor, he had been familiar with the criminal law, so he naturally knew the nature of rebellion. This was a heinous crime, and it was the first of the ten evils. The usual death penalty was executed after autumn, but the ten heinous crimes were not included in the general amnesty. , so there is no need to wait until autumn for execution, execution will be carried out immediately after conviction.
Now the Ministry of Punishment has approved the death penalty for Li Zhongyong's family of thirteen, and the official document was issued three days ago. Hejian Mansion belongs to Hebei Province, located in the northeast of Chang'an, about a thousand miles away from Chang'an, like this Official documents issued by the Ministry of Justice should not be transferred very quickly at the post station, but a journey of more than a thousand miles would normally only take three or four days.
Li Zhongyong and others once relied on him and lived and died together. When Li Zhongyong was in trouble, he naturally would not sit idly by and ignore it. But the problem now is that Li Zhongyong funded Chen Liqiu and was guilty of the conspiracy with Chen Liqiu. And the evidence is conclusive. Even if He wanted to reverse the case but was unable to do so. This was a sure thing. Even if he had great power, he could not reverse the situation.
Moreover, the official document has been sent out for three days, and it should be almost at Hejian Mansion by now.
At this moment, Chang Sheng's mind was filled with the scenes of getting along with Li Zhongyong. In order to fulfill his master Luo Yangzi's last wish, Li Zhongyong gave him all the money he had at the critical moment. Later, he and Chen Liqiu intercepted the enemy for him. To buy time, after he settled down from Longhu Mountain, Li Zhongyong also entrusted Chen Liqiu to go to Longhu Mountain to give him some silver.
Repaying the kindness of others with a spring of water is Changsheng's style and his character. This is true for Luo Yangzi, this is true for Longhu Mountain, and it is true for everyone. Li Zhongyong is kind to him, no matter what He must use any method to save Li Zhongyong.
The bright ones are definitely not going to work anymore, and they can only come to the dark ones. There is no other way but to rob the prison.
It was already midnight in the morning, and prisoners were beheaded at three quarters of noon. Even if they set off immediately at this time, it would be too late to reach Hejian Mansion before noon today. However, under normal circumstances, the post station can only transfer official documents at most three hundred miles a day, and the river The distance from Chang'an should be about 1,200 miles, at least four days, which means it should be enough to get there tonight.
If you leave immediately at this time, it will definitely arouse people's suspicion, and leaving at this time is meaningless. With the running speed of Young Master Hei, he can reach Hejian Mansion in four hours at most. It's not dark yet, and we can't take action immediately to rob prisons and save people.
A few days ago, he was also checking files in the Criminal Department, and would not leave until noon. In order to cover up others' eyes, he could only stay patiently in the Criminal Department for another hour.
But at this moment, he did not just wait and suffer. Instead, he thought about the matter over and over in his mind. He did not doubt the authenticity of the matter, because according to Li Zhongyong's character, he would never rebel because of Chen Liqiu. Severing the brotherhood with him, the imperial court had previously sent troops to encircle Chen Liqiu, and Shenzhou and Hepingzhou were trapped. Chen Liqiu must be short of money and food. It is entirely possible that Li Zhongyong secretly funded rice, grain, gold and silver when Chen Liqiu was desperate.
What he couldn't figure out was why Li Zhongyong was arrested by Hejian Mansion and put in prison. But after thinking about it, he figured out that it was not Li Zhongyong himself who was arrested by Hejian Mansion, but also his relatives and family members. It was impossible for Li Zhongyong He left his relatives and family members behind and escaped alone.
Near noon, Changsheng left the Ministry of Justice, and Young Master Hei was tied outside the door, but he did not leave immediately, but rode back to the Yushitai.
The Yushitai is the supervisory office, and official documents need to be transferred through the post stations on weekdays. Therefore, the yamen has a complete distribution map of the post stations. He went back to find the map and read it carefully. He looked at the map for three purposes. One was to confirm that official documents were transferred to Qianliang. How long does it take to travel a hundred miles away? The second is to confirm the locations of the inns around Hejian Mansion. He is not only going to rescue Li Zhongyong himself, but also Li Zhongyong’s family. More than ten people, old and young, want to escape Hejian Mansion. , he could only use the carriage, and he had to prepare the carriage for Li Zhongyong and others in advance.
The last step was the escape route. Li Zhongyong and others had nowhere else to go, so they had to rush to Shenzhou to meet Chen Liqiu. He had to plan the southward route for Li Zhongyong and others in advance.
After drawing a route to Shenzhou, Changsheng returned to the backyard and changed into casual clothes. He also prepared some silver coins before riding out.
The Ni family had their own medicine shop. Changsheng went over and asked for several medicines, and ordered the clerk to grind them into powder and take them with him.
The medicines he asked for were all ordinary medicines. Even if they were mixed together, they could only be used to calm the nerves and induce sweating. In order to ensure that no clues were left, he did not dare to directly prepare the Mongolian sweat medicine even in the Ni family's pharmacy. The missing one was available everywhere Just mix the leaves of Sophora japonica and this packet of powder is a large dose of Mongolian sweat medicine.
He was an official of the imperial court at this time and could not massacre the jailers in order to rescue Li Zhongyong. When he went to the ground, he could only stun them with Mongolian sweat medicine.
The wind picked up in the afternoon and it started to snow, which was very favorable for Chang Sheng's long-distance journey. He was now a well-known figure, and too many people knew him. Now that he was riding in the snow, passers-by could not see his face.
Young Master Hei had not run freely for a long time. After leaving Chang'an, he started to run wildly with his mane raised and his tail flat.
At this time, Young Master Hei was no longer what he used to be. He had not eaten all the fine food in vain in the past few months. Not only had he gained a lot of weight, but he had also grown very tall. After he hit the road, he was as fast as the wind.
Young Master Hei has amazing endurance and can keep running very fast. He entered the boundary of Hebei Province in two hours.
Not long after entering Hebei Road, Changsheng suddenly felt a chill in his heart. This strange feeling was not unfamiliar to him. It was a sign of spiritual energy advancement. Thinking carefully, it had been three months since he last entered Dongxuan Danlan.
The improvement of spiritual energy was expected, and Chang Sheng was not surprised. He changed his route to the east shortly after traveling. In fact, Hejian Mansion is located due north of Hebei Road. The reason why he changed his route to the east was to go to the county seat to the east. Prepare the carriage going south for Li Zhongyong.
His original plan was to buy as many carriages as he could. If he couldn't buy them, he would have to rob them from the inn. But there was a problem with robbing the inn's carriage, that is, the people hadn't been rescued yet. If he robbed the inn's carriage at this time, , after Li Zhongyong and others are rescued, Li Zhongyong will pass by here again on his way south, and he will probably be intercepted by the soldiers at the post station.
With good luck, I successfully bought two carriages from the county seat, and then bought some dry food from the city, and then led the carriage out of the city to the north.
At the second watch, he came to the south of Hejian Mansion City and drove the two carriages to a sheltered place. Changsheng let go of Young Master Hei and allowed him to move freely.
At this time, all the locust trees have lost their leaves, and there are no locust tree leaves or locust bark.
After getting ready, Changsheng took a sweat scarf to cover his face, then lifted his spirits and entered Hejian Mansion.
Hejian Mansion is a government city, much larger than an ordinary county town. But after living in Chang'an, I feel that Hejian Mansion is not very big. The prison is usually not far from the government office. If you find the government office, you will find the prison.
Since it was freezing cold and there was no one outside, Changsheng climbed over the wall after finding the prison, and quietly approached the house where the jailer lived. His Hunyuan Divine Skill can activate the pure Yang spiritual energy, and he held a handful of powdered medicine in each hand to stimulate the energy and roast it. , smoke came out and slowly dispersed, and soon several jailors who were punching and drinking in the room fainted and fell to the ground.
In addition to the jailers outside, there were also two jailers inside the prison. Seeing that the prison where the prisoners were held was quite large, Chang Sheng did not stun the two of them, but held two snowballs to extinguish the candles inside, and then rushed out After entering, before the two of them could react, he knocked one of them unconscious, then grabbed the neck of the other jailer and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Li Zhongyong imprisoned?"
The jailer was so frightened that he kept begging for mercy.
"Stop talking nonsense, tell me quickly, where is Li Zhongyong imprisoned?" Changsheng put more force on his hands.
"Hero, spare your life. There are hundreds of prisoners in this prison. I can't even remember their names," the jailer replied.
Changsheng suddenly frowned when he heard this. He couldn't tell the jailer too much in detail, otherwise the jailer would definitely tell others what he said tonight, and then he might be traced.
At this moment, Li Zhongyong's voice came from the cell near the exit, "Lao Wu?"
Hearing Li Zhongyong's voice, Changsheng didn't hesitate anymore and knocked the jailer unconscious. Then he quickly walked to the cell door and broke the chain on the door, "Where are the others?"
"Who else?" Li Zhongyong asked casually.
Seeing that although Li Zhongyong was in a cell, he was well-dressed and did not look like he was enduring hardship, he suddenly wondered, "Where is your family?"
"Everyone is at home." Li Zhongyong said.
"Were they not arrested with you?" Changsheng asked eagerly.
"No," Li Zhongyong shook his head, "Why are you here? What happened?"
Seeing that Li Zhongyong's answer was wrong, Changsheng became more and more confused, "How long have you been arrested?"
"Someone hanged in front of my door yesterday. The master of suffering..."
Before Li Zhongyong could finish speaking, a sinister sneer came from outside the door, "Master Yushi, I've been waiting for a long time..."
