Zhu Mengming raised his head and blurted out: "Your Highness..."

"I haven't seen you for many years, old man, are you okay?" Zhang Xuan withdrew his hand and stood behind his back.He smiled very shallowly, and he couldn't tell unless he looked carefully: "The old man has not been to Beijing for many years, so what is the matter of going to Beijing this time?"

Zhu Mengming straightened up, and his expression returned to normal: "This time, I was entrusted by the third prince to go to Beijing." As he said, he untied the bag from his waist: "This is from the third prince to me."

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, took the kit, and opened it without haste.There is a fragment of a broken sword in the kit. This sword does not have two sides of the sword, but one side. The blade is narrow and sharp.

With just one glance, Zhang Nan's complexion changed slightly, but immediately returned to normal.He fastened the bag again, and said, "Did the third brother say anything?"

Zhu Mengming shook his head: "The third prince asked this minister to go to Beijing to see a doctor for Pei Ziqi, but this minister flatly refused. Afterwards, he gave this minister the kit, but he didn't say anything. I couldn't make up my mind, so I agreed to go to Beijing with him gone."

Zhang Xuan lowered his eyes, with a very calm expression on his face: "It seems that the third brother knows." Then he said: "Old man, how is Zi Qi in prison? Father has sent people to Dali Temple, and it is not convenient for me Check out the news."

"Your Highness, you should not care about others now, but yourself." Zhu Mengming stepped forward and said anxiously: "The third prince knows, if he blackmails you for this..."

"Sir, you're worrying too much." Zhang Xuan interrupted him, and smiled softly: "The third younger brother is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and will not be ungrateful for petty gains." After a pause, he said: "It's Zi Qi , was unconscious and moved her fetal gas, and now she is falsely accused and imprisoned."

Zhu Mengming opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "My minister dares to ask, is this Pei Ziqi the one who saved you back then? You care so much about him, does he know your heart?"

"So what if you know? What if you don't know?" Zhang Xuan raised his head and said indifferently: "I have no intention of intervening with him and the third brother. If I really wanted to, I would have done it five years ago. Why wait until he and the third brother reunite?"

Zhu Mengming couldn't wait to say: "Your Highness, I have something to say. If you give up and become the beauty of others, don't you let yourself have regrets?" After a pause, he said: "I think my mother is in the spirit of heaven, and I don't want to see you in this way."

"Father has become angry from embarrassment because of the matter between the third younger brother and Zi Qi. If I are added, how can father spare Zi Qi?" Zhang Nan smiled and said: "If I take advantage of others' danger, before they meet again, Happy with Zi Qi. After they meet again, how will Zi Qi deal with himself? Mr. Zhu doesn’t need to say any more, it’s fine as it is now, I understand.”

Zhu Mengming sighed, and said in a muffled voice: "Since His Highness has made up his mind, I will not say anything." Then he said: "Pei Ziqi was whipped in prison, but the child is fine."

"Punishment?" Zhang Xuan's complexion changed, and he said in a deep voice, "Who tortured him? Besides whipping, what other punishments are there?"

Zhu Mengming thought for a while and said, "It seems to be someone called Feng Jing." He shook his head and said, "In addition to whipping, his fingers and toes were pulled out. Fortunately, a pregnant woman can bear it."

"Feng Jing." Zhang Xuan murmured softly, his brown eyes faintly moving.Just for a while, he bowed and said: "Wu Guo is inconvenient to appear in Dali Temple, and I hope that the master can take care of his son."

Zhu Mengming opened his mouth, finally nodded, and left.When Zhu Mengming left, Zhang Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy and cold: "Come here."

A man in black jumped down and knelt on the ground with one leg.He lowered his head: "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

"Send someone to investigate Feng Yao, and send the information to Sun Hancheng." He half-closed his eyes, and said every word coldly: "Tell Sun Lu again, Feng Jing deserves to die."

*******

Zhu Mengming drove back to Dali Temple in a carriage.Regarding his return, Zhang Nan didn't have a good face, but Pei Ziqi greeted him with a smile.Zhu Mengming didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Nan, and went over him to deal with Pei Ziqi's injury directly.

After treating the injury, Zhu Mengming proposed to live in prison so that he could take care of Pei Ziqi.Hearing this, Zhang Nan calmed down and agreed to his proposal.As a result, there were two more residents in the prison, one Zhang Nan and one Zhu Mengming.

Xu Shengao is a sensible person, he purposely opened up two cells into one cell, and arranged Pei Ziqi here.There are also jade pillows and silk quilts in the cell, and people are sent to clean it regularly every day, and they are ordered to prepare hot water at all times.Zhang Nan lived next door to him, and his treatment was almost the same as this.

As for Zhu Mengming, the treatment is much worse.He blew his beard and stared and quarreled with Zhang Nan several times, and finally Zhang Nan talked to Xu Shengao, which improved his treatment.The review by the palm of Dali Temple was corrected, so there were not many prisoners in the prison, and Xu Shengao deliberately arranged it.What was originally a prison disaster has turned into two people who are tired all day long.

A few days later, Pei Ziqi began to think about Sun Hancheng.He beat around the bush and mentioned to Zhang Nan that he wanted to see Sun Hancheng.In the end, Zhang Nan saw through his attempt on the spot, rejected him straight away, and insisted that he should wait until he recovered from his injury.

Pei Ziqi had no choice but to extend his claws to Zhu Mengming.Zhu Mengming is usually very kind, but that day he got angry at Pei Ziqi, repeatedly emphasizing that he is a doctor and not a servant who runs errands.Pei Ziqi was taken aback, and repeatedly assured that he was talking casually and had no other meaning.Zhu Mengming obviously didn't believe him, and walked away angrily.

Then the next day, he saw Sun Hancheng, wearing a jailer's clothes, with a jailer's knife on his waist.The two looked at each other for a while, and Pei Ziqi sighed and said, "I have wronged you, you have to dress like this just to see me."

Sun Hancheng untied the knife on his waist: "I'm not wronged. I'm on duty today, so I'll stop by to see you."

"What? On duty?" Pei Ziqi opened his eyes wide in disbelief.He looked Sun Hancheng up and down, his lips trembling for a long time before he said: "Have you been demoted to be a jailer?"

Sun Hancheng sat down and nodded: "Isn't that right? We are all brothers and sisters. On the third day after you were imprisoned, I was dismissed by His Majesty. Your Majesty was going to punish me with thirty sticks, but luckily Someone pleaded for me before, so I was spared. I was originally in the Ministry of Punishment, but I thought about you in Dali Temple, so I made a move and transferred to Dali Temple to take up the post."

Pei Ziqi stood up in shock, "What did you do? Overnight, you were demoted from a second-rank official to a jailer." A jailer is a service member in the government, but his identity is actually a citizen.

Sun Hancheng squinted at him, and said calmly: "Zhong Jide is dead, he died in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The day I found the body, I was not in the Ministry of Criminal Justice and was investigating the case of the eldest prince outside. When I got the news, His Majesty had already sent someone to come Got me."

Pei Ziqi was stunned, then sat down sideways and said, "Zhong Jide is dead? How did he die?"

"The diagnosis was that he was tortured to death. Therefore, His Majesty suspects that I captured him and tortured him to death." Sun Hancheng shook his head and said, "I have kept him in the Ministry of Punishment for so long, and no one has found out. Just It so happened that on the day of his death, his body was discovered by the jailer and reported to His Majesty. You also know that Qin Taijun reported to the Jingzhao Mansion that the housekeeper Zhong Jide was missing. Now his body was found in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice Corpse, all the spearheads are pointing at me."

"It seems that they not only want to kill me, but also want to kill you." Pei Ziqi poured a cup of tea: "Did Your Majesty say anything?"

"What can your Majesty say? You scolded me, and you're ready to punish me even after you've dismissed me." Sun Hancheng said angrily, "I've told you before that no one can save us if we touch this matter. .I'm lucky this time, maybe I'll be gone next time."

Pei Ziqi frowned, and gently brushed the rim of the cup with his fingertips: "No, this matter should not be that simple."

"Of course it's not easy. Otherwise, the two of us, how could one become a prisoner and the other a jailer?" Sun Hancheng knocked on the table: "Pei Ziqi, get me out of prison quickly and find a way to get my officer back. No more Salary, now the Sun House is fully supported by Wu Guo, I, a big man, can't afford to lose face like this."

"Where do you want to go?" Pei Ziqi raised his eyebrows and said, "I mean that Zhong Jide's death is not that simple. There is no reason why you can still run around outside, but I am locked in prison. There is another trick. Did you forget? I also threw the jade pendant first, and then entered the prison."

Sun Hancheng's face changed drastically, and he stood up immediately: "Just think about it for me, what will they do next? If I go to the prison, Wu Guo will cry to death."

Pei Ziqi smiled, picked up his teacup and said, "A few days ago, Wu Guo came to see me in prison. I don't think he looks like someone who can't live without you. Maybe when you go to prison , he met someone better."

Sun Hancheng was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "What is he coming to see you for?"

Pei Ziqi blinked his eyes, and drank tea with his head down to cover his expression.He said: "He said that I had gas in my fetus, so I came here to take a look. I thought you asked him to come here, so I asked."

Sun Hancheng nodded lightly, as if he had always been like this.He said: "I didn't call him here. However, he is a doctor and you are a patient. The doctor is a parent, so it's okay if he comes to see you."

Pei Ziqi smiled, but did not answer.He changed the subject and said: "I have been in prison for the past few days, and I have not heard anything. If they want to deal with you, I have nothing to do. Why don't you come to this prison to be my companion and keep your life safe for the time being? It’s good to be cautious outside. When I get out, I’ll get you out again.”

Sun Hancheng became angry, and said with raised eyebrows, "Pei Ziqi, Pei Ziqi, you can say such heartless words!" He knocked on the table: "These days, I've been working hard outside to find out if the eldest prince was killed. Case. You are good, curse me to jail! If I really go to jail, you don’t even want to go out.”

Pei Ziqi became interested, put down his teacup and said, "What did you find?"

Sun Hancheng snorted and sat down slowly.He poured a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp and said, "You guessed right, there is indeed a problem with the Great Prince's Mansion. Not only is there a problem with Du Qiong'er, but there is also a problem with Feng Yao."

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