Someone jailbroken?
Cheng Ning hid in the dark and observed the situation ahead.
Don't talk about them, she only has time before the morning court.
When Wang Xi went to urge Wei Yanzhou to go to court, she had to return to Linhua Palace.
But the current prison is clearly difficult to sneak into!
Considering the intensity of the military preparations, this missing person should be quite important.
Cheng Ning was calculating, just like he used to find out the enemy's fighting situation during the war, he silently calculated the time for inspection and changing of the guard.
When the next wave of changing guards passed by her, Cheng Ning made a quick decision and covered the mouth and nose of the last guard, knocking him unconscious with one blow.
Drag the person to a dark place, take off his clothes as quickly as possible and put them on, completely disguising himself as a guard.
In desperation, although the method is stupid, it is the only way to use it first.
She blended into the group of guards just now, finished her patrol, and returned to the gate of the prison.
"Did you notice anything strange?"
"Go to the south and search again! Don't miss every corner! If we can't find Li Nian before dawn, all of us will lose our heads!"
Li Nian?
The name is somewhat familiar.
His surname is Li, the son of Li Lianbei.
Hasn't Li been sentenced to death, so he can still run away?
When Cheng Ning thought of this, she suddenly covered her stomach and squatted on the ground: "Hey——"
She pinched her throat and said harshly: "Sir, I want to show my respect!"
Prison Chief Zhou Kuo narrowed his eyes suspiciously and looked at the face wearing a turban.
Qing Juan's face felt familiar somehow, full of heroic spirit.
Cheng Ning's heart beat faster. She recognized Zhou Kuo, the old man from the prison.
However, there was no need to interact in the past, so the words were never spoken.
Fortunately, she had just painted a few strokes on her face with Luozidai in the palace to disguise herself a little.
Sure enough, Zhou Kuo just turned his eyes around her face, as if he just regarded her as a guard he had seen before.
Anyway, he didn't care if Li Nian wasn't running away.
He didn't care and waved his hand impatiently to let her go.
Cheng Ning walked all the way to the entrance on the other side of the prison.
There are not many people here, but access is strictly guarded.
Cheng Ning didn't know where her father was being held, but she had to sneak in first.
Seeing her, the guard shouted angrily: "Who is it? What are you doing here?"
This entrance is usually used to deliver meals to prisoners.
Normally no big shot comes here.
Cheng Ning still had the same rough voice: "When I was patrolling just now, I seemed to see a figure here. Mr. Zhou asked me to come and take a look."
When those people heard this, they immediately became nervous.
Without any explanation, he led Cheng Ning in.
After looking around, the two jailers stopped at a fork in the road.
"If we go any further, the people trapped inside are members of the Cheng family."
Cheng Ning's eyes moved.
Another person also advised: "We didn't see anyone, so Li Nian shouldn't run back to prison. Wouldn't that be a trap for himself?"
The two of them reacted belatedly, but it was too late. Cheng Ning gave one of them an elbow from behind.
Her moves were as neat as before, without any sloppiness.
Putting the two of them in a lazy and asleep position, she bypassed them and entered the depths of the prison.
The closer Cheng Ning got, the faster his heart beat.
After turning a few corners, there was a smaller detention area.
Almost all of them are small cells, dark and smelly.
Hearing the noise, someone immediately stood up and yelled: "Who is it? Stop, we don't accept visits here!"
As expected, they were held separately, and even the defense was independent.
Wei Yanzhou should be determined not to let his father escape from prison.
Cheng Ning calmed down and replied: "There is something strange in the prison tonight. Master Zhou asked me to confirm whether the Cheng family is okay."
The movement outside just now was also slightly heard here.
Seeing that Cheng Ning was wearing a guard uniform with a knife, the jailers did not raise any suspicion.
He replied: "Sir, there is nothing strange here."
"Take me to check them one by one to make sure that escaped criminals have not sneaked in. Otherwise, if something like last time happens, you won't be able to bear it."
Hearing Cheng Ning mention what happened last time, the jailer would not know what it was about.
Poisonous fungi were put into the food of the Cheng family and almost killed someone.
They couldn't help but become alert, afraid of making any mistakes.
"My lord, please! But this cell door cannot be opened."
"That's natural. Opening the door makes it easier for people to escape."
Even if Cheng Ning wanted to save people, there were only a few guards in the prison, and there were many palace walls outside the prison.
It's okay if he ran out, but if he couldn't escape and alerted Wei Yanzhou, he would have died.
Those detained here are all Cheng Ning's relatives.
Cheng Yi had brought her out from here before, but the female family members had to be in another place.
It seemed that he was not surprised by such inspections, and none of the familiar faces in the prison looked sideways.
But Cheng Ning thought silently in his heart: Second uncle, cousin, and many other branches of the Cheng family...
Her eyes were hot.
I haven't seen these people for a long time, but I suddenly saw them, but I couldn't say hello.
Until stopping at the innermost room.
The man inside who was wearing thin clothes, with messy hair, and a thin face... was Cheng Fengxu.
He was much thinner than when Cheng Ning saw him before the expedition.
He could almost be described as skinny. He obviously suffered a lot in prison.
Seeing someone coming, he opened his eyes and glanced.
Cheng Ning may not be recognized by others, but Cheng Fengxu can be sure that the person in front of him is Cheng Ning with just one glance!
"Sir, there is nothing strange, let's go out?"
Cheng Ning's nails dug into her flesh, and she endured the pain to restrain herself from crying out.
The jailer watched from the side, a little suspicious when he saw her not moving: "Sir? Sir--!"
Cheng Ning repeated tonight's actions and knocked the person unconscious.
Seeing her knocking the person down, Cheng Fengxu said, "Cheng Ning?"
"Dad," Cheng Ning knelt down and said in a bitter voice, "Time is tight, so let me ask you directly, did you commit any rebellion that day?"
"No!"
Cheng Fengxu was excited: "No, it means no. Wei Yanzhou's throne came unexpectedly. At that time, the late emperor died, and he was the only one in front of the dragon bed. His Highness suffered a stroke and passed the imperial decree. He had the opportunity to fabricate it. The Cheng family's rebellion was nothing more than a false one. What he wants to say!"
Cheng Ning caught his description: "Want to add anything?"
Why would dad use this description? Could it be that something else happened before the rebellion?
Cheng Fengxu avoided her eyes, his face full of dissatisfaction and hatred towards Wei Yanzhou: "Cheng Ning, I did nothing wrong, it was Wei Yanzhou who was wrong. It is impossible, absolutely impossible for the late emperor to pass the throne to him! "
"Why?"
Cheng Ning intuitively sensed that Cheng Fengxu had reservations about what he said, just like Wei Yanzhou had reservations about the Cheng family's rebellion.
She didn't understand what they were hiding.
"As for why, you know it's not good for you either. Are you now being made a concubine by him?" Cheng Fengxu changed the subject: "Kill him Cheng Ning and make Wei Yanshu the emperor."
