[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Having said this, Lu and Bai felt that there were quite a lot of hidden things in the situation at that time.They didn't interrupt the yamen servant, but listened intently to what he said: "Isn't Pang Erlang a four-wheeler? At that time, he staggered down from the car, fell to his knees, and said the above words." Words. Hey, I saw his gentle appearance, but I didn’t expect to hide those dirty thoughts, it’s really like sea water.”

Lu Caichun asked: "I remember that Mr. Pang's wife, Mrs. Mei, is always by his side. She looks like a fairy. She should be pushing the four-wheeled cart for Mr. Pang. Did my brother see it? Did she say anything?"

The yamen servant frowned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "I remember—why don't I remember. Did Mrs. Mei push the four-wheeled cart for Pang Erlang? I saw the woman crying miserably, but she didn't say anything. "

Bai Yutang asked: "Since Second Young Master Pang has been arrested, is he under the law in court, or is he being detained somewhere?"

The yamen servant said: "He's not dead—he's still locked up in Yushitai Prison. Mr. Bao said that His Majesty's intention is to capture King Xiangyang and execute these traitors together."

Bai Yutang pondered: "What is Yushitai Prison..." Lu Caichun looked at his expression, knowing that he might have the desire to explore the prison, so he reached out and tugged at his sleeve.

He stayed in the yamen until midnight, but he did not see Bao Zheng come back. He thought the situation was urgent and the government was overwhelmed.It was not easy for Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun to entrust the scroll to the people in the yamen, and since King Xiangyang had sent the news of the accomplices to Kaifeng Mansion himself, they didn't have to worry about Bao Zheng, so they returned with the scroll Lu Fang's house.

Back in the house, Lu Caichun asked Bai Yutang: "Fifth Brother, do you want to break into Yushitai Prison?"

Bai Yutang didn't deny it either, nodded slightly, and said, "The scroll we got was recorded as Young Master Pang, but it was Second Young Master Pang who was arrested with his accomplice. I suspect this is an unjust prison. Think about it, what I just said In the situation, Grand Master Pang identified Pang Er as soon as he heard about the treason, but what he said inside and out was that if Pang Er did not plead guilty, the entire Pang family would not be able to keep it. Does this seem to push Pang Er out and take the blame for Pang Xiaohou? "

Lu Caichun thought about it back and forth, and gritted his teeth angrily: "That old thief has a very clever plan, I'm afraid he also heard about Pang Jiong's collusion with the King of Xiangyang, but when the matter came to an end, he pushed the unknowing bastard out and gave it to him. Use a stupid son as a shield. They are both self-made, how can there be such partial parents?"

At the end, she asked Bai Yutang: "Fifth Brother, when are you going to the Yushitai Prison? If it's not the second son Pang, we have to rescue him anyway."

However, Bai Yutang shook his head and said, "It depends on the second young master Pang's thoughts. You think what he said, he took all the dirty water on himself, and he might take the blame for his father and brother. He didn't feel reluctant to say it in his heart." .”

Lu Caichun said anxiously: "The crime of treason is the top one! It will be Ling Chi! He is willing to be the scapegoat, so what about Sister Mei? To fulfill his filial piety, to fulfill his brothers and sisters, Sister Liumei My sister is helpless, what is this doing?"

She went on to say: "Crime must be punished by the law. It's a matter of course. There is no one who uses benevolence, righteousness and morality to push people to the execution platform! If the law is enforced, there must be a reason for it. The one who deserves to die is Pang Jiong!" At the end, she asked, "I don't know five Brother, do you have a way to visit the prison?"

Bai Yutang said: "Now Bianjing is heavily guarded, I'm afraid it's not easy to enter Yushitai Prison for a while, I'll wait around to find out, and then choose another day to sneak in."

After staying in Lu Fang's house for a few more days, the two of them inquired about the battle situation near Xiangyang.Although the king of Xiangyang gathered many strangers, after all, the spirit of the king of Bianjing has not declined, and the king of Xiangyang is not popular among the people. It also settled down.

The ministers of the court and the central government are all confident about breaking the city, and the ministers who were anxious like ants on a hot pot a few days ago have now returned to their previous leisurely leisure.Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun did not present the scroll to Bao Zheng for a long time, and when Bao Zheng asked about the towering tower in the Yuan Pavilion, they only said that they had seen many soldiers raised in the Yuan Pavilion.After Bao Zheng heard the words, he didn't ask any more questions.

One day, Bai Yutang said to Lu Caichun, "You should be able to enter Yushitai Prison tonight."

After discussing the route and time, the two changed into night clothes and sneaked into the prison.

The layout of the prison is the same as that of the prison camp. Although it is not as dirty as the prison camp, it is also dark and dark, with occasional bursts of strange smells.

Lu Caichun and Bai Yutang changed into the jailer's clothes, and while changing guards, they knocked out the two guards, so they entered the prison cell smoothly.These days the guards are no longer as strict as the days before, and there are not many guards encountered along the way, judging by their demeanor, it seems that they don't take the guards seriously.

When asked about the cell where Pang Jiong was being held, Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun hurried over there.

The cell was in the depths of the cell, it was a single room, I thought there was a noble concubine in the palace, so Pang Jiong would not fall into such a miserable situation.Lu Caichun opened the cell door with the key he had obtained earlier, hesitated for a moment, and said to Bai Yutang: "Fifth brother should go in first, I'll keep watch outside, so that it won't be difficult for people to clean up when they come."

Bai Yutang thought that she spoke well, so he went into the cell alone, leaving Lu Caishu alone to watch.

There is no light in the cell, only a window is opened high on the wall, and moonlight leaks in from the window.There is only one couch in the cell, the mattress is extremely thin, and dust is thickly accumulated on the mosquito net.And Pang Yu curled up on this small couch, his black hair spilled on the wooden pillow, his back to Bai Yutang.

When we saw each other last time, I was still plucking the strings and tuning the zither, and singing to the wine, but now I'm a prisoner.

Bai Yutang hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to wake him up or not.But Pang Yu never slept peacefully. Hearing the key unlocked and footsteps behind him, he asked first, "Who is here?" After speaking, he sat up slowly, glanced over, and saw that it was Bai Yutang. A flash of surprise flashed by.

Bai Yutang was holding the scroll brought out from the Sky Tower, time was tight, and he didn't have time to exchange greetings, so he asked directly: "My sixth sister and I went to a place where the treacherous king in Xiangyang raised soldiers, and got a scroll. ..."

Before he finished speaking, Pang Yu asked back, "Is it the pair hidden in the Sky Tower?"

Unexpectedly, Pang Yu knew about the Sky Tower, Bai Yutang was surprised and asked, "Why do you know this place?"

In the shadows of the walls, Pang Yu chuckled lightly and said, "I once sent Hongjian Pavilion's subordinates to explore the Sky Tower, but unfortunately they never came back. You actually broke in and came out alive. It's really remarkable."

As soon as this remark came out, Bai Yutang was at a loss for words. He didn't know where to start, and he only said for a while: "The Hongjian Pavilion has something to do with you?"

Pang Yu didn't pay attention to his question, and just said to himself: "I remember that the person who went was Fang Chuan. He was usually the best in lightness kung fu, and he came and went without a trace. He should have died in Hongjian Pavilion. I've been worried about this for a while, but I don't think that the King of Xiangyang doesn't seem to know about it." He raised his head, looked at Bai Yutang quietly, and asked: "Bai Shaoxia, would you like to tell me what is going on in the Sky Tower? ?”

Bai Yutang looked at him with a complicated expression, and after a while, he briefly explained to Pang Yu the layout in the Sky Tower.Pang Yu smiled slightly and said, "The iron wall—it should have been climbed up by tying two disks to his hands. Fang Chuan was alone, and no matter how good his lightness kung fu was, he couldn't climb the six-foot-high iron wall. It’s him. No wonder the King of Xiangyang didn’t know that the Chongxiao Tower is a cage for catching birds, and the birds died inside, but the people outside didn’t know about it.”

Bai Yutang asked: "It was you who released the news about being in Yuanguan, leading us there?"

Pang Yu nodded, and said: "Not only that, if anyone goes to the Chongxiao Tower, the people in the Hongjian Pavilion I arranged will definitely not let him out of the Yuan Pavilion. It's just that the king of Xiangyang was caught off guard, and I heard that The ones who went were you and Miss Lu, and I thought it would be useless to stop you, so I withdrew them."

No wonder they were able to walk back to the foot of the mountain without hindrance. It turned out that Pang Yu let them go.

Bai Yutang asked, "Why didn't you just send people from Hongjian Pavilion to explore the Sky Tower?"

Pang Yu shook his head and said, "Fang Chuan has gone, and it's already folded inside. If someone who goes there next time is not as lucky as him, and exposes Hongjian Pavilion—how dare I take this risk?"

Bai Yutang asked, "Then Mrs. Zhanzhao's death was also ordered by you?"

"Zhan Zhao? Ding family?" Pang Yu thought about it for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I only found out after the fact. If there is nothing wrong with me, I will leave it to Can'er to take care of it. Hongjian Pavilion will do something else." I don't know about it. For this, I was very angry with Can'er and drove him out of the pass."

"Is that what Pang Sanlang did?"

Pang Yu still shook his head, not knowing whether he denied it or was unwilling to say it.

Bai Yutang didn't force him, and asked, "Why did you gather such a group of people to form the Hongjian Pavilion?"

Pang Yu looked at the scroll in his hand, and instead of answering him, asked, "Is my eldest brother recorded in this scroll?"

Bai Yutang nodded.Pang Yu smiled and said, "That's it. I want to protect him."

Without waiting for Bai Yutang to ask, Pang Yu said: "The King of Xiangyang once went to the capital to have an audience, and hosted a banquet for many people in the Zhaixing Building. My brother, with a heart as high as the sky, can only be a powerless Marquis of Anle , he was often upset, and the king of Xiangyang saw this. My elder brother can memorize some words of saints, but his talent is not high. The king of Xiangyang took a fancy to the wealth of the Pang family. I only found out later that my elder brother had secretly He sent a lot of food, grass and horses to the King of Xiangyang. He has already helped the King of Xiangyang, once the Holy Majesty finds out, no matter how Amei mediates, he will not be able to keep him."

"I have only two ways to go, one is to go to the king of Xiangyang, and do my best to help him, and help him win the world; the other is to assassinate him before he rises up, before he tells everyone about this scroll. "Pang Yu laughed self-deprecatingly, "I cherish my sister, and I feel sorry for my own heart. I can't do it if I think about benevolence and righteousness, but I still want to be loyal and filial. That's why I started Hongjian Pavilion."

Bai Yutang asked: "If you tell me like this, aren't you afraid that I will send Pang Jiong to this prison?"

Pang Yu chuckled, looked at him and said, "Do you know it?"

Bai Yutang didn't answer, but just looked at him.Pang Yu said: "Then I beg you, Young Master Bai. I gave up my life for my elder brother. I dare not count the friendship between you and me. I just hope you spare my elder brother's life."

Bai Yutang took out the fire scroll from his pocket, blew it on, and set fire to the scroll in his hand.Sparks fluttered down from the ignited scroll, he looked at Pang Yu, and asked, "Why did you kill Qin Zhihai?"

Pang Yu said: "Since Young Xia Bai has seen this scroll, he should also know that Qin Zhihai secretly took refuge in King Xiangyang. When he was serving as the prefect of Chengdu, he heard the news about Hongjian Pavilion. Can'er used a trick to hide it for the time being. But if you don’t kill him, keeping him is always a hidden danger. Who would have thought that you would find him by following the clues and capture Mingmu—that is, Li Tong.”

Bai Yutang said: "So you will use your plan and let Li Tong lure Kaifeng Mansion to know about Xiangyang?"

Pang Yu said: "Mingmu lost to Beixia on the river, pretended to swallow medicine to commit suicide, but actually escaped from the water, and returned to Bianliang. He thought he was in trouble, and he was ashamed to work in Hongjian Pavilion again, so he told me. He said that he wanted to go back to the brother's vinegar workshop and hide in the market. But you spread invitations widely in the capital, saying that the number was to welcome the relatives, so he had to come back and ask me what happened. The matter has come to an end, so I can only let him go Tan, if it's a fake marriage, just come back quietly; if it's a real marriage, then throw yourself into the trap of the Kaifeng Mansion and deal with them. But I didn't expect to be caught by you."

Bai Yutang asked: "From now on, every step is within your calculations?"

Pang Yu said: "Mingmu is smart, everything will go smoothly after that."

Bai Yutang asked: "Then Li Tong was ordered by you to commit suicide?"

Pang Yu sighed lightly.

The two were silent for a moment, and Pang Yu continued: "The matter of Hongjian Pavilion can't be hidden anymore, lest the King of Xiangyang find out, I can only tell them to spread the word that Hongjian Pavilion received assassinations from all over the world, and it was so easy to hide it. No, it didn't arouse the suspicion of the people around King Xiangyang."

Bai Yutang asked: "Since you said that the members of the Hongjian Pavilion were going to assassinate the King of Xiangyang—why didn't you do it so long?"

Pang Yu said: "It's not that he doesn't want to do anything, but that the king of Xiangyang hides too deep, and the cunning rabbit has three caves. My brother and him have only been in correspondence with him. Even Can'er can't find him, and there is no way to start. After searching for a long time, I can only Dig out a piece of news in the deep hall."

The questions are almost covered, and the ins and outs are also clear.Bai Yutang was silent for a moment, then he asked again: "Pang Jiong did the Bi Liu case, did you cover it up for him, or was there someone else?"

Pang Yu said: "I can only tell you that Bi Liu was indeed killed by Qian An and had nothing to do with brother."

Bai Yutang asked: "That means, there is another hidden story behind the Bi Liu case?"

Pang Yu shook his head: "Shaoxia Bai don't ask anymore."

Bai Yutang still refused to let it go: "Madam Mei ordered it?"

But Pang Yu changed the subject: "Counting the days, Can'er will be back from outside the customs soon. He is not easy to discipline, you have seen him fight Zhan Huwei in Kaifeng Mansion - usually he only listens to me Talking to Ah He, now I’m only afraid that he will cause some trouble when he comes back. After Bai Shaoxia leaves here, he must definitely tell Ah He to keep an eye on Can’er..."

Bai Yutang responded, and he asked, "Do you have anything else to ask of me?"

Pang Yu said: "Bai Shaoxia is willing to help me with these things. It is a great kindness to me. I dare not ask for anything else." He looked at the door and said: "Miss Lu, please wait outside the door? Don't let her wait too long. long time."