Although Qilinwei was in charge of Song Duan's case, Song Duan was imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple.

It's not because Qilin Guard doesn't have his own cell, but because when Emperor Taizong Xiao Xuan was in power, Prince Xiao Qiu was suspected of rebellion. Xiao Xuan ordered Qi Lin Guard to investigate the case thoroughly. Luo Cang, who was the commander at the time, took the opportunity to fabricate charges and arrest them wantonly. The clan and ministers were imprisoned in Qilinwei Prison, and torture was used to extract confessions, resulting in the tragic death of many clans and ministers in prison, causing many unjust, false and wrong cases, and causing all officials to feel at risk.

Seeing that the situation became more and more serious, Taizong Xiaoxuan finally executed Luo Cangling Chi in order to appease the grievances of the courtiers. At the same time, in order to appease the mood of the courtiers, he decreed that from now on, no officials above rank five should be detained in Qilinwei Prison. , so as to avoid Qilin Wei's beating up again.

As Song Duan was the secretary of the Taifu Temple, he lived in the third rank, and Qilinwei could only send him to the prison of Dali Temple for custody.

When more than a dozen bodyguards were guarding Concubine Song's car and parked outside the gate of Dali Temple, Dali Temple Minister Zhou Mu did not dare to neglect, and personally led a group of guards out of the gate to greet her.

"Minister, Dali Temple Minister Zhou Mu, see the imperial concubine."

With the support of her personal maid Xiaoqing, Concubine Song slowly got out of the car, and said softly to Zhou Mu and a group of servants: "Zhou Siqing doesn't need to be so polite, get up."

"Thank you, Concubine Gui." Zhou Mu thanked Concubine Song, and then got up, but he could see some embarrassment on his face.

The dignified concubine of the dynasty would naturally not visit their Dali Temple for no reason. As the Minister of Dali Temple, he naturally knew who was imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, and he also knew the purpose of Song Guifei's visit here.

"I dare to ask the imperial concubine if she came here for the matter of Song Siqing?"

Concubine Song did not deny it, but nodded lightly and said: "Zhou Siqing is right, I came to Dali Temple today, it is indeed for my younger brother Song Duan."

Seeing Concubine Song being so outspoken, Zhou Mu dared to make things even harder, but he still forced himself to smile and said, "I don't know how I can help Concubine Gui."

Concubine Song sighed softly: "I appreciate Zhou Siqing's intentions. In fact, I am not here today as a noble concubine to ask Zhou Siqing for help, but as a sister who wants to see my younger brother." , he is the only younger brother of Ben Gong, and now he is in jail, so my elder sister, Ben Gong, has to come and see him no matter what, and give him some food, and I hope Siqing Zhou will make it easier for me."

Concubine Song's words were a little emotional, and Zhou Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Concubine Song just came to visit the prison, it would be easier to handle.

Although Song Duan is a repeat offender of Qilin Guard, his family has the right to visit the prison. This is human nature, and it is not something that violates the rules. Zhou Mu, as the minister of Dali Temple, has done this.

"The imperial concubine is serious. The prison of Dali Temple allows family members to visit the prison. Naturally, the imperial concubine can come to visit Song Siqing."

"Thank you Zhou Siqing." Concubine Song nodded slightly to Zhou Mu, and then signaled to the maid beside him to fetch a food box, "I still know the rules of Dali Temple. The food I bring in has to go through some inspections. The food box is here, Zhou Siqing can check to see if there is anything wrong."

Zhou Mu waved his hand and said with a smile: "The imperial concubine is joking, I still trust the imperial concubine, so there is no need to do anything extra."

Zhou Mu naturally didn't think there was any mystery in the food box brought by Concubine Song. After all, it was food for his own brother. Could it be possible to poison it?

Afterwards, Zhou Mu led the way, Concubine Song followed suit, and her maid Xiaoqing followed behind with a food box, while the others stayed outside the door and waited.

The three of them were walking on the road, and Zhou Mu couldn't help feeling emotional, and sighed, "Although I don't have much contact with Song Siqing, I have heard of his personality. I believe that I hired an assassin to assassinate Princess Qi." It was definitely not what he did, and when the truth finally comes to light, he will definitely be able to return his innocence and justice."

Concubine Song's face was calm, she nodded lightly and said: "I would like to thank Zhou Siqing for her trust. As the saying goes, those who are innocent are innocent. If my younger brother is really innocent, naturally I will be able to wash away this innocent grievance sooner or later."

While speaking, the three of them had already entered the dimly lit prison, but they saw a gloomy and cold breath rushing towards their faces, and the cell was filled with an unspeakable stench and bloody smell, and from time to time, they could hear miserable sounds in their ears. The cries of grievances and groans made people feel a little panicked.

Xiaoqing, who was walking at the back, was a little girl after all, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable all over her body, and her back felt a little chilly, so she couldn't help but quicken her pace, and followed closely behind Song Guifei, looking at Song Guifei with an expressionless expression on her face. Calm and indifferent, I couldn't help but calm down a little bit.

Under Zhou Mu's guidance, the three of them soon came to the cell where Song Duan was held.

Song Duan seemed to have heard the sound of footsteps, and subconsciously raised his eyes to look up. With the help of the dim light in the cell, he was so excited that he couldn't help himself when he saw the face of the person coming clearly. Living on a thick fence, with a crying voice:

"Sister, you finally came to see me."

Concubine Song looked at the dirty, smelly and messy environment in the prison cell, and at Song Duan who was already emaciated and emaciated, she couldn't help her nose sore, her eyes were slightly red, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and said Without saying a word, he just nodded heavily.

Back then, the mother passed away shortly after giving birth to the younger brother, and the father listened to the advice of the fortune-tellers and sent her, the elder sister, to the palace.After the death of his father, the younger brother was alone, and his life was even more difficult, and he suffered a lot.

And although I was lucky enough to be favored by the emperor and gave birth to a prince, but I was only conferred as the lowest-ranking talented person, and I was still a soft-spoken person in the palace, and it was even more impossible to help my younger brother outside the palace. Counting his ambition, after many years of hard study, he finally got a reputation. Although he was only a low-level sesame official in the end, he finally had some promise.

And his son Xiao Huang became more competitive when he grew up, and made great contributions to Daning. Zhanguang was exceptionally promoted to the Minister of the Taifu Temple and became an important minister of the court.

But who would have thought that misfortune is where blessings depend, and blessings are where misfortune lies? The younger brother's good life was only a few days old, and he was involved in the open and secret struggle between his son and Xiao Jie, and became the focus of their brothers' struggle for the heir apparent. victim.

Concubine Song even regretted secretly at this moment, if she had dissuaded the emperor not to reuse her younger brother, maybe he would not have encountered such a disaster.

Zhou Mu, who was on the side, saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but secretly sighed, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

At the beginning, everyone envied Xiao Huang, the King of Qin, for attaining enlightenment alone, and the concubine Song and Song Duan, both brothers and sisters, were able to ascend to heaven, but who would have thought that Song Duan would be reduced to a prisoner in the blink of an eye.

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