The first work of the imperial prison

The cell was dark and silent, and the candles on the wall burst into flames, which was a bit scary.

Qingniao looked at Qiu Yiqing who was sitting across the table, and then at Ye Baiting beside him, with a surprised expression on his face: "You said... who did you find? Did I hear wrong just now?"

Ye Baiting looked at him: "You heard me right."

Qingniao paused, the corners of her lips curled up, and she smiled meaningfully, jumping under the candlelight, her fingertips on the table seemed to be covered with a layer of light, quite mysterious: "So who is this Eighth Prince? Come and listen to me, I'll help you find out if you're right."

Even the voice is well tuned, faintly smug.

Ye Baiting has been observing his expression and analyzing his body movements, now she is more aware, the hand under the table quietly stretched to the side, and squeezed Qiu Xunqing.

Qiu Xunqing grabbed the hand with his backhand and squeezed it in the palm of his hand to play with it, but did not let go.

The blue bird on the opposite side couldn't see it, didn't feel any change in the atmosphere, and ran over. Shen Jiang, who knew all the plans and goals, was different. He could play like this while doing things. The commander and the young master definitely had confidence. The game is gone, and it will be the same as before, killing these scumbags!

Is the blue bird, you are crazy, no matter how crazy you are!Be careful that there will be no dregs left in a while!

Ye Baiting's expression was very steady, and he looked at the person opposite: "Did you not hear me clearly just now?"

Blue Bird: "Huh?"

"What did I say?"

"You said—'Hachioji, we found it'."

"So, who is the eighth prince, do you need us to repeat it again?"

Qingniao stared at the meaningful smile on the corner of Ye Baiting's lips, and suddenly realized: "You mean..."

"That's right, it's you," Ye Baiting smiled, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Eighth Prince."

Qingniao froze for a moment, then frowned suddenly: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Ye Baiting sighed softly: "Now that things are up, are you sure you still want to pretend, Eighth Prince?"

How could he fight an unprepared battle?

The quietness on the way back, the meditation in the room just now was not a waste of time, he didn't stop thinking for a moment, didn't ask Shen Jiang for help, and searched for various files because he didn't need it, there were too many things It has long been in his mind, all he needs is to sort out and analyze, string together the things that should be used, make himself aware, and quickly find a solution.

It is not in vain that Qiu Suqing entered the palace to face the saint. The process of talking about this matter with the emperor itself was also a process of clarifying the logic of the facts. The two sides analyzed a lot and made a rough plan, including how to act in the future , which results in different directions may be produced, which side is beneficial and which side is unfavorable, where you need to beware, where you can use it, where you have to check for omissions and make up for it, and deal with it carefully...everything I can think of has been thought of.

After eating with Qiu Yiqing, he talked about the matter again from beginning to end, raising questions in various ways, cross-checking, not missing any details, confirming the thoughts in his mind from all aspects, there is no need to doubt, That's it.

"You think your fabric is perfect, and you have a sure chance of winning, so it's impossible for others to notice it." Ye Baiting's eyes lightened, "It's impossible for us to know?"

Qingniao narrowed his eyes: "It's very strange, why do you guess so? Why do you think that I am the Eighth Prince?"

Ye Baiting: "When did you first appear in our field of vision? The Beijing Leihuobo bombing case? Or the key person with the snake-shaped mark of the Blue Charm Organization, after Li Xiaoliang appeared?"

"When we asked you about this name, you said you didn't know it. We also confirmed that he couldn't have passed any news to you. I want to borrow, I want to know everyone, I even looked for my righteous brother He Yiming..."

"I guess, he is not actually a member of your organization, is he? Your people have been arranged by you long ago, scattered among the people, even if you are deaf and blind, you have to stand still for the time being. This person makes a lot of noise because he is from Wala. Xi Zuo wanted to find you, but he might not belong to King Oara, or you didn’t believe that he was a king at the time, so you never disclosed any information to him, did you?”

"He was not reconciled, and planned and arranged many incidents, especially the thunder and fire bomb explosion. He brought all the cannons to Beizhen Fusi. He wanted to blow up the western wall and destroy the imperial prison. He just wanted to catch you. How wonderful Isn’t it a chance? How many people took advantage of the news to break out of prison, but you just didn’t move, so you are so stable... Is it because you don’t believe him, or because you have known Beizhen Fusi’s methods for a long time, and you think that the other party will definitely not succeed?”

Ye Baiting leaned forward slightly, and a thoughtful light flashed in his eyes: "Since October last year, the number of people who want to escape from the prison has suddenly increased. Is it because of your bewitching? Including those who wanted to take the opportunity to escape in the bombing case, it was actually the same. Was it thrown out by you to explore the way?"

"Your idea of ​​escape didn't actually start at that time. It's already there, but it's not that urgent. The visit of the Oirat Mission is your last chance. You just need to leave the prison before then. The last time the glass ball The matter of the bomb was the result of your planning for a long time, and the escape plan arranged by the proprietress of Liulifang. You acted according to the plan, and you have already escaped successfully. Make the belt come back..."

"I still remember that the proprietress of Liulifang committed suicide by biting poison in front of the hall. The last words she said before she died were, 'Scholar, my subordinates are loyal to you'. I didn’t hear it clearly, there is only one blue bird in the imperial prison, she is just the leader of the organization, and she is a person who works for others like her, why did the scholar say it? Now I understand, you are their scholar.”

"But this time, you can't hide it even if you want to. Jin Yiwei won't let you go easily if you don't give something hard. So you put a lot of words... Try to make up , Give yourself two more layers of skin."

Ye Baiting's voice was not high, as he spoke slowly, scenes of the past slipped by before his eyes, those cases and people's names that he had experienced, emerged one by one, those things that seemed to be covered by a layer of fog were no longer blurred, slowly, I can see clearly.

Ye Baiting remembers very clearly that when he went to the prison, the first case he handled was related to Wu Xiang, the second case was solicited, and someone wanted to persuade him to cooperate with the prison escape, and the third case was the thunder bomb explosion in the capital city, the Beizhen Fusi was attacked, some people tried to escape from the prison, and some people stood still. It was also in this case that they detected this mysterious Wala organization for the first time.

At that time, he also said that Qiu Yiqing was really exhaustive, and the reason why he was willing to reuse him was that he was in a special environment. He thought it would take a long time to find someone who was in prison, but he didn't expect to be so soon. Fulfilled...

Later, he found a breakthrough in He Yiming and caught the key person Li Xiaoliang. From him, he learned about the existence of the blue bird, but he also knew about the existence of the blue bird. After the Liuliqiu bombing, Qingniao fled as planned, but was unsuccessful. After being suspected of Qing and returning, they finally identified Qingniao.

In order to save his life, Qingniao told a lot of news, but despite this, there are still things buried deep that he has not explained, and he still has secrets.

Ye Baiting looked at the person on the opposite side: "You entered the prison under the name of He Tian. We suspected that you were interrogated, but you didn't go in. You confessed your identity as a blue bird. Our commander will check it later. Some of what you said can be justified." Confirmation, such as the food you ate, a special small village, but that has nothing to do with the He Tian you replaced. This person has a relatively simple life and has not been to many places. It is only you Ao Niao, or Hachioji, something that has just been experienced.”

"That small village is indeed quiet and peaceful, with a beautiful glow in the morning, but our commander has always been careful, and found something different, for example... There was a fierce battle there, life and death were at stake, and the blood soaked the earthen walls... ..."

"So you said that you are Qingniao, the son of the leader of the organization. In order to protect the whereabouts of Hachioji, you sacrificed a lot. Your father even died because of this. Before he died, he was ordered to retire. Everyone was silent. We believed you."

"But then we found out that it wasn't true, it wasn't true, was it?"

Ye Baiting stared into the eyes of the person opposite: "That leader has no son at all, and you are not his son, you are his scholar, and he is your subordinate. In the most critical time, he chose himself as bait to mediate for you." Chasing troops from the rear to protect your life—or, you killed him, used him to confuse the enemy, and made up a son's identity by the way, calling yourself Blue Bird, to avoid disaster, right?"

"Alternatively, the word "Blue Bird" wasn't invented in the first place. You participated in the organization's affairs early on. You stood behind the leader and issued many orders with the "Blue Bird" order, so that your subordinates didn't feel wrong..."

Blue Bird clenched her fists and said nothing.

Ye Baiting: "Who was the person who was chasing and killing you at that time? Someone from Uncle Jiu Wang?"

Blue Bird's eyes darkened: "You're not very good at guessing, keep wiping."

"It's not Uncle Jiu Wang, it's because you didn't want to be lonely and tormented, and you caused something to happen." Ye Baiting didn't insist on a result, and continued, "You probably think it's not okay to go on like this. You know very well what the end will be if you are caught. You can't be caught, but you are alone, as long as you are outside, the ending is almost inevitable, you can't escape, you can't hide."

"Then what should we do? You haven't grown up yet, your physical characteristics are easy to identify, and your power still needs to be saved. Is there an absolutely safe place for you to hide? The Dazhao is so big, but the people chasing you are like gangrene." , can’t be driven away, can’t be killed, and is still very powerful, is there a place that these people can’t enter, and they can’t think of it?”

"You thought about it, and thought of a place - the imperial prison. Whether it's official secret talks or folk rumors, this is a very terrifying place. Once you enter, you can't get out. No one wants to go in, and no one thinks that you will It's such a good fit... You thought of a way to do a few substitute games to replace He Tian, ​​who was implicated by his relatives and needed to be imprisoned, didn't you?"

Blue Bird: "I don't—"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was blocked by Ye Baiting: "I advise you to think it over before you come in. Where is the original He Tian? Did you kill him? Guess Jin Yiwei didn't find the body in the outside guard. Have you sent a letter back?"

The blue bird choked and said nothing.

Ye Baiting said again: "You say you are a blue bird, of course you can make up your age at will, but you are the eighth prince of Wala, and your age does not match He Tian's. When He Tian was imprisoned, it was recorded that he was 14 years old, but Wala Hachioji, seems smaller?"

It was also because of this age difference that they didn't think in other directions at all.

"But later we noticed that due to geographical reasons, the Wala people developed faster than the Central Plains people, and they were also slightly taller at the same age. It is not difficult for you to pretend to be this person. You just need to send all the people who know this person Kill them all, erase all possible traces, and use some scheming to replace him without being known, right?"

What's more, this person is still a person who has been implicated and wants to go to prison. Even if others know him, he is afraid to avoid him, and he will not pay much attention at all, which creates more favorable conditions for others to pretend.

"As for the question of appearance..."

Ye Baiting smiled: "You're not worried at all, because your biological mother, the current king of Oara, snatched the concubine from his father, who was not from Oirat, but a Jokhang woman brought back from the border when you looted Jokha. Mother of the Zodiac, your face is originally more Central Plains people, with a slightly darker brow bone, which is not revealed by people, and no one pays special attention to it."

Qingniao narrowed her eyes: "This is not a secret, the woman of King Oara, you can find out what experience you have..."

Today is another case trial and thinking about things, Ye Baiting is actually a bit tired, too lazy to bother with the other party, so he just explained the matter clearly in one breath, and there is no need to test each other, wasting that time——

"You got He Tian's name, entered the imperial prison very smoothly, got rid of those constant pursuits, and had a chance to survive, but it's hard for you to find out. It's not easy to get in here, it takes effort, and it's even harder to get out. , you observe the prisoners secretly, confuse people, and encourage others to open the way to escape... If others succeed, you follow suit. If they fail, what does it have to do with you? You just accidentally witnessed his failure That's all."

"You have used a lot of tricks for this, in addition to your brilliant tongue to coax people, and your pretty good body - in order to completely hide yourself, you can put down your figure and fool around with the prisoners here, I don't think so. Thought-of."

"How can you call it a fool?" Qingniao sneered, "The young master is still too tender, this mutual happiness is obviously the ultimate joy in the world, I choose the person myself, and I enjoy the joy myself. If you can be obedient and obedient, and help me with things, wouldn't it be a feat?"

Ye Baiting: ...

Never thought that this person is really not ashamed, but proud?

Jade Bird probably couldn't find a place elsewhere, so when it came to this, her voice became louder: "The conductor made you fail, and you haven't been able to train this little thing until now? Do you want me to help? If you can't, I can teach you."

Qiu Yiqing slapped the Xiuchun Knife on the table.

The blue bird immediately stepped back and stopped talking.

Qiu Yiqing looked at Ye Baiting: "Go ahead."

"That's pretty much what I said," Ye Baiting glanced at the other side casually, "This person has encouraged others to escape from prison time and time again, but he has never succeeded. It is really difficult to get out of the prison. He must be very desperate and hate us. I am afraid that I will regret it in my heart, because I made a mistake at the time."

Qingniao stared at him and gritted his teeth: "Regret is not regret, but it's a pity that the world has changed too fast. If this Beizhen Fusi is still the same as when I first came in, without changing commanders, and without you as an obstructive assistant, what do I want to do?" Just how to play, who would have thought that changing the person would change the world, "

"You admit it?"

Ye Baiting looked at the opposite side: "You made a very bold plan. Go to the prison by yourself and order all the people under you to be silent, not to be monsters, not to cause trouble, just wait for the right time. The visit of the Oirat Mission is what you wanted to take advantage of early in the morning." Your people have been paying attention to the opportunity, but because they haven’t acted for many years, there are not many people, and they know a lot, so they don’t dare to trust the people of the mission... there must be some confrontation.”

"Are you in a hurry? If you can't get out of the imperial prison, they will definitely not find you. This is your last chance. If you miss it, you can't go home in a fair manner. How can things be done? If it goes well, you can Continue to conceal your identity... Of course, it is an exchange. The Oirat Mission took you away in the name of Blue Bird, the leader of the Lanmei Organization. Everyone knows that this move is to find the Eighth Prince. You can have an extra security, yes no?"

"You are not some He Tian, ​​nor are you some blue bird, those are just the shells you put on for yourself one by one, your real name is Sha Dan, right, Hachioji?"

Qingniao, no, Sha Dan closed his eyes, and his right thumb slowly brushed his lips. At this moment, he felt a little happy: "No wonder everyone likes you. Your name is my king. Why is it so kind and nice?"

Qiu Yiqing pressed the Xiuchun knife with his hand.

Sha Dan raised his hand: "Okay, this king knows he is your man, just kidding, don't protect food like this, General An."

Ye Baiting's eyes froze slightly.

Sha Dan just laughed: "Why, not happy? You all know that this king is the eighth prince, so this king can't know that the commander is General An? You are so smart, why can't you see through your man? It’s so big, from jailers to prisoners, the entire prison has been spread, how can this king not know?”

"But General An," he said slowly, with a tone of voice, "you are in a bit of a misery this time, if you don't want to let me go, you will die... I don't mind, anyway, I am in prison , One day is one day, if you can't get out, you can't die, at worst, you can't go to your grave in the future, but at least I can pour a glass of farewell wine to see you off."

Ye Baiting: "The eighth prince is so relaxed, but he is sure he will be able to go out?"

Sha Dan smiled even bigger: "It doesn't matter if this king dies or not, your General An, Emperor Yu An should be reluctant?"

Ye Baiting's eyebrows were pale: "Our emperor has already issued an order to accept the exchange."

The smile on Sha Dan's face could not be joyful, it was quite proud: "General An, you have seen it? A wise man is always worried, and there is always a mistake. No matter how powerful you are in the war, don't you have to be soft? Don't say you This little pretty girl has a good friend, and your majesty can't do anything to save you, the majestic king of a country, you have to bow your head!"

Chou Yiqing was slow: "We promised to change people, but we didn't say whether the people who would be replaced were living or dead, able to speak or unable to speak, missing arms or broken legs..."

Sha Dan's pupils suddenly tightened: "You—"

Ye Baiting raised his eyelids slightly: "No way, Eighth Prince, you are so smart and have such a great reputation outside, yet you are so naive, thinking that we will completely listen to you and let you lead us by the nose?"

Sha Dan clenched his fists tightly and looked over like a knife.

Ye Baiting smiled slightly, leaning forward, leaning against the table, feeling a special sense of oppression: "The people outside now only know that you are the blue bird and the leader of the organization. I have pity on your Uncle Jiu Wang, who doesn't even have a source of information. No, I didn't know that the Eighth Prince was so capable, played chess so early, laid out such a big game, and was willing to serve himself in prison, looking for all kinds of opportunities on prisoners... Tsk, it's so pitiful, you Do you want us to be kind and let Uncle Jiu Wang know about it?"

Sha Dan's scalp was numb: "How dare you!"

"Why should I not dare?" Ye Baiting laughed, "Since you know all about it, our commander is General An, so of course you would have guessed that he has a special channel to send letters to the border, and he can tie the knot tightly. There is a hole in the fence, and it won’t take long to let one or two rabbits in. Maybe the day of your exchange has not yet come. Your Uncle Jiu Wang can’t wait, and he is anxious to send someone over to ask I welcome you back."

It's just that it's hard to say whether he wants to welcome people or corpses.

"You dare to threaten the king!"

"Eighth Prince, let's take a look at the current situation. The land under your feet, the shackles on your hands, and you still say such things, don't you feel a little ignorant? If you want to negotiate, show your sincerity to negotiate—"

Ye Baiting's eyes were piercing: "Our Jin Yiwei has a bad temper and has no patience. You should think clearly before speaking!"

Shadan: ...

You are all so threatening, how can you talk about it!Succession to the throne of Wala also needs face. Even though he is the only flesh and blood of the king, the only remaining son, he is really going to be blind, deaf, dumb, missing arms and broken legs, and he can't be the king at all!

He suddenly felt that his thoughts had gone astray. He was risking himself, planning strategies, and taking into account the overall situation of the current affairs. After so much thought, he finally made it to this point.

He gritted his teeth: "This king is dead, and you may not be good at Dazhao. Isn't it your General An who deliberately divided the Oara royal court and started the civil war? Say it is good? This king advises you, it is better not to kill them all!"

"How do you say that?" Ye Baiting blinked with an innocent face, "I didn't think so. If I really wanted to kill you, I killed you just now. Why wait until now? You know, our General An is mighty and tyrannical. Destroy your Wala royal family once, and you will be able to destroy you a second time. It is just a plot of a few battles. It will not take two years. However, our General An is kind-hearted and feels that God has the virtue of good life. Killing people will not kill people casually , I am especially willing to give others a chance, so why don't Hachio think about it, what benefits can it bring us? What cards do you have in your hand that can exchange your life?"

He sat at the table, smiled slightly, and was very generous: "If we are satisfied, we can let you go home happily. If we are not satisfied, I'm afraid you will have to stay here for a while."

Sandan was dumbfounded.

What did this little thing just say?General An has the virtue of living a good life?Don't kill people casually?As soon as he is successful, this dog man almost slaughtered the entire Wala family. Is this called kindness?This is a threat, this is a naked threat!

He looked at Qiu Yiqing angrily, and wanted to question the people who said you were talking so nonsense, completely disregarding your etiquette of governing the army, how dare you get favors for you, don't you care!

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yiqing tilted his head slightly, looked at the big baby beside him, and there seemed to be a smile in his eyes, full of pampering and connivance, and even deliberately nodded sullenly, the backing was full of meaning, and he almost agreed directly , Said that our coworker was right!

Shadan: ...

"Ah, I suddenly feel that my structure is still too small," Ye Baiting opened his lips again, with a half-smile, "The embassy is going to exchange the leader of the organization, Qingniao, but you are not Qingniao. You have been in prison for so many years. I spent my growing up here, who knows you outside? Not even your old subordinates? Why do we want to change you out? It’s not very troublesome to keep you. Why don’t you give them a fake one? Guess what? Can they recognize it?"

Sha Dan was in a cold sweat, thinking carefully, he was terrified, no, you can't do this, you can't!

Ye Baiting thought for a while, and seemed to think it made sense, and turned to Qiu Xunqing solemnly, asking his opinion: "Doesn't the commander have a lot of spies under his command? There should be those who are familiar with the situation in Wala and are very smart. Let's choose one." If you are about the same stature, tell him these things carefully, push him in front of the embassy, ​​say that he is the eighth prince, and if he goes back to wreak havoc, wouldn’t our Dazhao have a lot of money?"

Qiu Yiqing also nodded solemnly: "It's a good idea."

Sha Dan is going crazy, so ruthless... Such a ruthless pair of dogs and men!