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Yanhou took the imperial decree and went out of the palace gate. Even the guards at the gate could tell that Yanhou had a bad temper and appetite after drinking chili water today.

Yan Linsu got on his horse and said to Liu Yuanfu, "Go and call Xie Ruozhi to the prison."

Liu Yuanfu was at a loss: "What do you want him to do?"

Yan Linsu angrily dropped two words: "Save people."

Liu Yuanfu said: "Oh... oh!"

The sky prison is always a dark and cold place, even in midsummer, the sun cannot shine here.

Zhu Yongning's limbs were tied with iron rings, his hair was scattered over his face, and a pale cloth belt was wrapped around his chest.

He leaned against the stake and took a deep breath. The arrow wounded him very deeply. His big brother was really ruthless. If he didn't really kill his brother, it would not be a good thing for him as a prince. He is probably already on Huangquan Road at this moment. up.

The water killer in the Palace of the Underworld turned out to be the prince's side concubine. Although Zhu Yongning was seriously injured, his heart was clear at the moment. The Palace of the Underworld's strength was stronger than he estimated.

The Palace of the King of Hades sent Shuishai to deal with him, and even gave up pawns like the crown prince and side concubine in order to get rid of him, an unfavorable prince?

"His Royal Highness King Yan," the sinister voice was like a creature in the dark, and Zhu Yongning knew that this person was the prison boss without opening his eyes.

The man took a step forward, "His Royal Highness Yan Wang offended."

Zhu Yongning smiled wryly and said: "A phoenix with shed feathers is not as good as a chicken. I'm afraid that the title of His Royal Highness will not last for a few days."

The man let out a cold laugh, and took a few steps closer. Zhu Yongning could clearly see a very happy smile on his face: "His Royal Highness knows current affairs is the best. I'm afraid His Highness doesn't know me. My name is Qiu Shi, and people call me a ghost. Does Your Highness know why His Majesty locked you here?"

Zhu Yongning didn't answer, Qiu Shi went on self-consciously: "There are too many souls in prison today, and how many people died without knowing why. I, Qiu Shi, have guarded the cell here for 20 years. No one can take someone's life away from me. , not even King Yama...unless I, Qiu Shi, want his life."

As Qiu Shi said, he almost pressed his face to Zhu Yongning's. The little prince didn't have the panic he expected, and the latter looked at him calmly. Zhu Yongning even chuckled softly, with a bit of sarcasm: "Then, what price do you want me to pay for what you said to me?"

Qiu Shi was stunned by his composure, and burst out laughing for a moment: "The little prince is a smart man."

Zhu Yongning let out a chuckle, "This king is not like my elder brother, who can't give you glory and wealth. If you want you to help me, if I don't understand what you want, I'm just pretending to be stupid. This king is always romantic. , there are some things that other people care about, that's all for this king, but this king really has no appetite for such a place."

Qiu Shi chuckled, "My good lord, I like this place the most. In my dreams, I want to tie such iron chains around your body, smelling the bloody smell on your body, and make every inch of your body smell like hell." Trembling under my palm."

Zhu Yongning felt a sharp pain in his chest, and Qiu Shi had already turned the iron chain in his hand, pulling his body to the limit.

The wounds burst from the stretching of the body, and the blood stained the cloth on the chest red.

Qiu Shi grabbed his collar and tore it off, along with the bandage, exposing Zhu Yongning's entire chest in front of his eyes.

The tense muscles in the little prince's chest and the blood gushing from his chest made his eyes glow with excitement.

Qiu Shi lowered his head, stuck out his tongue like a hound, licked the little prince's chest, and muttered: "What a beautiful body, this blood really tastes just like I imagined."

Feeling the thorn on his tongue, Zhu Yongning bit his lip and clenched his fist. When he opened his eyes, he could only see a mottled shadow on the top of the cell. You are not afraid of the king's revenge."

At this moment, Qiu Shi's hand also touched his body, and Zhu Yongning wanted to chop off the pig's trotter with a knife, "His Royal Highness, you don't know my Qiu Shi's ability, I guarantee you will be humiliated by me here!" Now, you can't let go of any wounds, so why do you want to take revenge on me, not to mention that there are still people who will believe what the prince said now?"

Zhu Yongning was silent for a moment, then sighed and said: "You put me down, it hurts me so much, I don't feel well, and you don't enjoy yourself."

Qiu Shi smiled smugly: "Your Highness, you don't know something, I like to tie up beauties like this, and I can only become hard when I see the blood."

Even with all kinds of tricks, Zhu Yongning finally knew Yan Linsu's mood that day.

The jacket was pulled to the waist, and the pig's trotter was poking all the way down. Zhu Yongning closed his eyes, and when he was about to accept his fate, he suddenly heard several screams: "My lord, someone broke into the prison."

Zhu Yongning heard a few dull sounds, as if something heavy was thrown on the door like a sandbag.

The next moment, he saw Yan Linsu's white robe appearing outside the cell door.

Qiu Shi hurriedly got up from Zhu Yongning. No one had ever dared to challenge his authority in the sky prison. He said sharply, "Who are you?"

Yan Linsu threw the imperial decree in his hand onto his fat face. "This Marquis is ordered to mention someone."

Zhu Yongning smiled bitterly, and just about to speak, he spit it out with a movement of his throat.Fortunately, he was seriously injured, and the vomiting was just blood, so it wasn't too embarrassing.

In fact, the little prince knew that he endured so much pain just now, it was because of the man's hand that touched his whole body, it was really nauseating.

Yan Linsu stood outside the prison door with a calm expression on his face. His eyes fell on his embarrassed body. It was hard to know whether the extremely dark pupils were affectionate or ruthless.

Chou Shi had no choice but to kneel down to accept the sacred decree, and took out the key to open the cell door.

Yan Linsu said, "Save people."

Xie Ruozhi nodded: "Yes, Lord Hou."

He walked towards Zhu Yongning.

Zhu Yongning gasped for a moment, his eyes were cold, "Go away, you don't have to care about the life of this king."

His embarrassed posture was the last thing the two of them wanted to see.

The little prince actually got awkward at this moment, Yan Linsu glanced at Zhu Yongning, the wound on the little prince's chest was extremely deep, his flesh was rolled up, just now when he was forced, the wound burst open and was bleeding out.His heart froze, he didn't know what it was like, and smiled coldly: "My lord is so ignorant, I don't bother to care about your life or death."

After leaving this sentence, he actually caught Qiu Shi, turned around and walked out of the cell.

Xie Ruozhi's head hurt even more, this Hou Ye's temper is no less than that of the little prince.

Zhu Yongning smiled wryly, and leaned against the wooden pole. Just now he forced a sigh of relief, but now he calmed down and felt that his eyes were dark, his body lost strength, and he was trembling slightly.His mind seemed to be dazed for a moment, and he didn't wake up until he felt the cold in his chest. He saw a scholar in Tsing Yi lowering his head and carefully applying medicine to his wound.He said sharply, "Go away, I told you not to touch me, but you still don't leave."

Xie Ruozhi raised his head, and the usually good-tempered person looked even sharper than him at this moment.

Zhu Yongning stared at him, but was a little stunned.

"Who cares about your life? If it wasn't for Yan Hou personally begging His Majesty for you, begging him to hand over your case to the Procuratorate, who would care about your life."

Zhu Yongning almost suspected that he had heard it wrong, and frowned, "What did you say?"

An angry look appeared on Xie Ruozhi's face, he had never been so angry with anyone with such a good temper, "Little prince, do you still remember the day of Lichun, when Yanhou drank Tusu wine, leaving you... You are in the Inspectorate because you promised Your Majesty to protect you."

On that day, Yan Linsu was pushed to the extreme by him, when he was confused and infatuated, he also said that I drank Tusu wine not for the king of Hades - Zhu Yongning's heart felt sour, could it be that it was to protect him?

Yan Linsu, in order to promise the monarch, he could wrong himself so far!

Zhu Yongning fell silent unexpectedly, and let Xie Ruozhi bandage his wound without saying a word. Xie Ruozhi untied him from the pillar without undoing his anklet and bracelet.Seeing that Zhu Yongning was not fully clothed, he showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will go get you some clothes. Even if you are a prisoner today, the Inspectorate will not humiliate you too much."

Zhu Yongning smiled rather bachelorly: "Today, the king wants you, a scholar, to teach you a lesson, but the more you live, the more you will go back, but why should you save face for this king, and this king will not thank you."

"My lord, you don't need to thank me." Xie Ruozhi put the bandage and medicine bottle into the cloth bag, pursed his lips and said, "I didn't do these things for you."

There was a bit of coldness in Zhu Yongning's laughter, "This king naturally has self-knowledge, you are here for Su Su. He trusts you, and what kind of thoughts you have for him, don't think that this king can't see it."

"My lord is from a noble family, and my martial arts and intelligence are superior to mine, but I am not inferior to you."

Zhu Yongning laughed, he was embarrassed at the moment, but his eyes were more arrogant than usual: "Master Xie's words are too modest."

Xie Ruozhi looked at Zhu Yongning and said, "His Royal Highness, what I don't lose to you is...the love for Yanhou, even though he only regards me as a brother."

Yan Linsu twirled the flute in his hand, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on his white clothes as if stained with blood.

When Xie Ruozhi came upstairs, he saw his pensive appearance.

This two-story bamboo building is located in the backyard of the inspector's office. It is cool in midsummer, and Yan Linsu is greedy for coolness, so he moved the study and bedrooms here.

Xie Ruozhi didn't want to disturb him, so she stopped at the stairs.

Yan Linsu turned around, "Since Ruozhi is here, why don't you speak?"

"I'm afraid of disturbing Lord Hou's elegance." Xie Ruozhi stepped forward and said, "Young Lord, you have already been imprisoned in the dungeon."

The Procuratorate also has a dungeon, and the young prince was fortunate to be the first person to be imprisoned here in the past 15 years.

According to the rules, the young prince should naturally be locked up in the sky prison. The Procuratorate can only interrogate him, and criminals cannot spend the night outside.

Yan Linsu said: "I see, Ruozhi, are you worried about me when I intervene in this matter?"

Xie Ruozhi didn't answer but said: "Yan Hou, Liu Yuanfu asked me to pass a message to you. He said that the prince sent someone to send some summer gifts, saying that they were grape wine from the Western Regions."

"liquor?"

"According to Mr. Liu, there are eighteen pots of wine in total. The wine pots are carved from a single piece of beautiful jade, and eighteen beauties are painted on it."

Yan Linsu said with a smile, "The prince has a heart."

"Master Liu doesn't dare to make decisions on his own, please ask Yan Hou for instructions."

Yan Linsu said: "It's disrespectful, just accept it. Butcher Hua has switched to selling green plum wine these days, and it costs ten cents a bucket. Let him pick two jars of wine and send them over. It will be a gift from my inspector's office."

Xie Ruozhi responded with a smile: "I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will not find it shabby to return the gift."

"His Royal Highness is in the world, so naturally he won't care about a few wine bottles with us." Yan Linsu smiled, and patted Xie Ruozhi's shoulder: "Ruozhi, don't worry about me."

Xie Ruozhi looked at him, with a worried look on his face, and said, "Yan Hou, we really feel that the Inspectorate should not interfere in this matter. If the case is overturned, I'm afraid the prince will not tolerate the Inspectorate in the future. If the case cannot be overturned ..."

"If the case cannot be overturned, as I have said in front of His Majesty, I will resign from this official position."

"Even though Hou Yan's martial arts are high, his reputation is a tiring thing. I'm afraid the prince will not be able to tolerate Hou Yan's retreat in the future."

Yan Linsu smiled: "Wealth depends on the sky, and the court is like the rivers and lakes. How many people can retreat calmly? I don't care about those. If so, do you still remember the white jade lotus we got from the merchant in that week? "

How could Xie Ruozhi forget the continuous sand dunes under the burning sun, that was almost his unattainable expectation in this life.He lowered his head and said, "Remember."

"The white jade flower is related to a treasure in the martial arts a hundred years ago. Zhou handed it over to the general of the Yan army, Murong Jiangli, but Murong Jiangli wanted to use it to make a deal with someone. I have been investigating this for a year, and finally With clues, the person who made the deal with Murong Jiangli was the king of the Yan Wang Palace laughing at the king of hell. The dispute between the crown prince and the king of Yan is not unusual, and it doesn’t matter if I accept it as dangerous or not. Let’s talk about the case Bar."

Xie Ruozhi said: "Yes, I went to see it. The crown prince's side concubine was indeed killed by the sword of His Highness King Yan, and the crown prince was also witnessed by witnesses."

Yan Linsu said: "Zhu Yongning will not kill a woman for no reason, what does King Yan say?"

"The prince insisted that the side concubine was blocking the sword for the prince."

"The prince has guards around him, but he wants the side concubine to block the sword?"

Xie Ruozhi said: "The crown prince said that his side concubine is from the rivers and lakes and knows martial arts."

Yan Linsu said, "What did the little prince say?"

Xie Ruozhi smiled wryly and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan said that he wants to know the truth, so let Hou Yan ask him."

The cell of the Procuratorate is nothing more than an ordinary prison built underground, without the eerie and terrifying instruments of torture like the Sky Prison.

When Yan Linsu entered the door, he saw the young prince sitting on the ground, fiddling with some thatch in boredom.If it weren't for the gauze wrapped around his chest, he would still be a bit at ease.

Yan Linsu smiled and said, "The little prince is so at ease."

Zhu Yongning said: "The host here is hospitable, and my king feels like home."

Yan Linsu put the tray in his hand on the ground, poured two glasses of wine, and said, "Your Highness, don't dislike a little water and wine."

Zhu Yongning took the wine and drank it in one gulp, caressing the cup in a daze: "I didn't expect that the first time I drank Linsu's wine was like this."

The call of Lin Su made both of them feel their hearts skip a beat, and the name that they hadn't called for a long time just came out of their mouths so naturally.

Yan Linsu looked at Zhu Yongning in front of him, but after a day, the little prince was no longer as vigorous as before, with a thick bandage on his chest, messy hair, and a face and lips that had lost all blood—the little prince quickly As she lost weight, her face looked rather haggard and down and out.

To this day, he could not treat this person as a stranger after all.Yan Linsu raised his glass and drank the wine: "My lord, will you tell me the truth if you want me to come personally?"

Zhu Yongning smiled lazily, and moved his feet bound by iron chains to make himself sit more comfortably. "I killed the prince's side concubine because when the king and Xiaomei were sailing the boat on the water, she suddenly appeared out of the water and killed my woman, and she was the five kills of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth in the Palace of Kings of Hell. One of the water kills."

"There are no cruise ships nearby, and there are no other people, not even corpses."

Zhu Yongning smiled and said: "It's so clean, I couldn't help applauding. When I killed her, I didn't know that my brother would come out of the woods the next moment. Of course, even if I knew, At that time, this king might still be unable to resist. Linsu knows that this king is romantic by nature and has always tolerated no one touching me, no matter if it is a woman or a man."

Yan Linsu's eyes froze, and he looked straight at him: "Zhu Yongning, do you and I have to talk like this?"

Zhu Yongning didn't expect his reaction to be so strong. He had the impression that Yan Linsu should be calm at this time, and he took all his foul language as the northwest wind.

The corners of the little prince's lips were slightly curved, and the next moment his figure suddenly rose up, Yan Linsu was caught off guard, his body reacted instinctively, he placed his palm on Zhu Yongning's injured chest, and withdrew his strength in a flash.

The little prince didn't appreciate it, grabbed his hand and threw him down.

Yan Linsu glared at the man who was pressing on him, and was so angry that he could hardly speak.Does this person know, or does he know? If his palm just now was real, it could have killed him.

The little prince gasped heavily: "Yan Linsu! You want me to talk to you, so can you tell me the truth? Did you do all these things for me because of my father's entrustment?" ? Is it even a little bit because of me, Zhu Yongning!"

Yan Linsu's breath stagnates, "I..."

"On the day of Lichun, and this time, Yan Linsu, can you not be like a woman, then mother-in-law, give me a happy word. I have been sitting here like a fool for most of the day, thinking about pressing down like this every time What was the expression on your face when you were thinking about it, what was you thinking in your heart at that time..."

The corner of Yan Linsu's lips twitched, so it turned out that what the little prince had been thinking of sitting here for half a day was not how to wash himself off?Not thinking about how to compete with others for the throne?All I do is spring dreams!

Zhu Yongning saw the faint smile on the lips of the person below him, but his heart was filled with unknown anger. Every time this person smiled like this, half cold and half ironic, and then his lips would say Things he didn't want to hear.

As if dazed, Zhu Yongning lowered his head and kissed Yan Linsu's lips.

Yan Linsu's spine froze, the man brushed his lips domineeringly, and was hugged tightly to his chest.

The little prince didn't seem to feel the pain of the wound at all at this moment.

The two were so close that Yan Linsu could see Zhu Yongning's eyes, and a not-so-familiar aura enveloped him completely.

Zhu Yongning stroked his back slowly, Yan Linsu was a little confused about the situation, his lips were slightly parted, and his eyes were not so clear.

The little prince let out a low sigh of satisfaction, he pressed Yan Linsu on the thatch pile, but in the blink of an eye, he kissed his lips all over.

The feeling of almost suffocation made Yan Linsu wake up suddenly. He gritted his teeth and kicked the person on top of him away.

When Zhu Yongning landed on the ground, he stood up effortlessly, and Yan Linsu still showed some affection when he shot.

But the little prince didn't appreciate it, Zhu Yongning stared fiercely at the person in front of him.

The foreign blood on the little prince is not obvious, but when he stares at you, there is a deep green in his eyes.

Yan Linsu was no stranger to those green eyes.

Every time the little prince is interested, he always looks at him with such eyes, and strokes his whole body with such eyes.

Yan Linsu suppressed the strangeness in his heart, and narrowed his eyes slightly to meet that gaze, his words were a little threatening, "What did the little prince just say, that Ben Hou looks like a woman?"

"I..." Zhu Yongning blurted out just now in a hurry, and now seeing Yan Linsu arguing with him, he opened his mouth and said bravely, "It was originally..."

The cell door was locked with a bang, and the light disappeared together with Zhu Yongning's sexual dream that he had been thinking about for a long time.

When it was nightfall, Zhu Yongning was returned to the sky prison, and along with the Inspectorate sent a cell leader, Hua Butcher also moved into the sky prison with his burden, while Gui Jianchou was left as a guest in the Inspectorate.

The Daning law did not stipulate that the head of the prison cannot be a guest of the Inspectorate, and it also did not stipulate that the people of the Inspectorate cannot be guests of the Inspectorate.But the Daning law stipulates that if an official has an urgent matter at home, he can be lenient for a day, but if he fails to take office within three days, he will be fined.Therefore, the Procuratorate also specially sent a fake note to the Ministry of Officials, and pressed Gui Jianshou's fingerprints considerately, and added a fine of one tael of silver.

Pa, Yan Linsu slapped the gavel in his hand on the table.

The Procuratorate borrowed the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to handle the case, and Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice...was willing.

There are not many people involved in this case, so it is not difficult to try it. The witnesses are the four guards of the prince.

The housekeeper reported to the Inspectorate that he had accepted the gift, and the prince was relieved. The four guards went up to the hall and stood lined up in the hall, with a bit of arrogance. Yan Linsu asked Liu Yuanfu to lead the back to drink tea , Yan Hou thinks it's noisy, come one by one.

Start with the first one.

"That day, when we were hunting in the forest with the crown prince, we saw His Royal Highness King Yan rushing in with a sword in hand. He wanted to kill the crown prince from the beginning, but the crown prince's side concubine stepped forward to stop him, but he finally killed him with a sword. .”

"Oh? King Yan was the side concubine who was killed in front of you and the crown prince?"

"Yes, we all saw it with our own eyes."

"Oh, let him draw a bet." Yan Linsu took a sip of tea and asked casually, "I heard that the prince is good at riding and shooting. How many prey did you hunt that day?"

The guard proudly said: "There are so many, rabbits, foxes, pheasants, snow wolves..."

The second guard stood under the hall.

"That day, when we were hunting in the forest with the crown prince, we saw His Royal Highness King Yan rushing in with a sword in hand. He wanted to kill the crown prince from the beginning, but the crown prince's side concubine stepped forward to stop him, but he finally killed him with a sword. .”

"Well, King Yan was the side concubine who was killed in front of you and the crown prince?"

"Yes, we all saw it with our own eyes."

Yan Linsu drank tea, "I heard that the prince is good at riding and shooting, how many prey did you kill that day?"

The guard was stunned, "How many? Just two elk."

The third guard stood under the hall.

"That day, when we were hunting in the forest with the crown prince, we saw His Royal Highness King Yan rushing in with a sword in hand. He wanted to kill the crown prince from the beginning, but the crown prince's side concubine stepped forward to stop him, but he finally killed him with a sword. .”

Yan Linsu nodded, "Was King Yan the side concubine who was killed in front of you and the crown prince?"

"Yes, we all saw it with our own eyes."

"Thank you for your hard work. Have a cup of tea. I heard that the prince is good at riding and shooting. How many prey did you hunt that day?"

"We... haven't had time to hunt..."

The fourth guard...

……

Yan Linsu called the four guards together, threw the testimony in front of the four of them, and patted the gavel, "Could it be that the four were not there when the prince was hunting, but only appeared when the prince's side concubine was killed?"

"us……"

Yanhou's question was not mixed with sand in the slightest.

The result of the autopsy conducted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice was ultimately a hurdle that could not be avoided. The crown prince and side concubine were indeed killed by the sword in Zhu Yongning's hand, and the scars and evidence were consistent.

Yan Linsu could not deny it, nor did he want to deny it.

At this point in the case, it was true that King Yan killed the crown prince and concubine, but the testimony of the witnesses was not true, it only appeared when the crown prince and concubine was killed-this sentence is quite interesting and remarkable.

Emperor Cheng's imperial pen circled around this sentence a few times, and slapped the pen on the dragon case, "Yan Qing's family, what do you mean by this? Could it mean that the crown prince intentionally subdued his hands to frame King Yan."

Yan Linsu said indifferently: "Your Majesty, I have no such intention. I only asked about the four guards, but not His Royal Highness. I don't know if His Royal Highness is present."

Chengdi thought about it, "You mean..."

Yan Linsu said: "Your Majesty, everything I want to say has been written down on paper."

Yan Linsu's attitude was very clear, what should be said now is the prince.

The prince Zhu Chengwan was so angry that he didn't sleep well all night. Chengdi meant that Yanhou gave him the steps, as long as he admitted that he was not there.

The prince was not there, the prince's side concubine and four guards ran to the royal hunting ground, and killed the prince's younger brother, and then the four guards left a testimonial full of loopholes to frame His Royal Highness Yan Wang.

The imminent inference is that the crown prince's side concubine is either having an affair with his uncle, or having an affair with the four guards—no matter which one, the crown on the crown prince's head is green.

Yan Linsu of the Procuratorate turned a brother's fight for the position into a strange case, causing an uproar in the public.

The people in the world are generally similar, and the strange case of Fengyue is always more in line with the taste of the public than the court's machinations-the little prince is already popular in this capital, handsome, romantic, not to mention having a sympathetic background.

How the little prince suffered so much in the dungeon, how the Marquis Yan was so angry, and how he fought for righteousness...drawing his sword—all have been written into short story books.

In the private printing workshop, the young prince and Yanhou's true feelings of adversity, the young prince and the prince's love and killing each other, and even wanting to make money from both sides, wrote the three of them in a book with pictures.

In this bloody capital, Yan Linsu and the young prince are like two strangers, only seeing each other in the hall.