Sun Luo didn't recognize Tong Xin, the right commander of the Gong Wei Division, and Tong Xin naturally didn't care about Sun Luo, a prisoner in the prison, so he only asked the jailer guarding the prison about the place where Xi Jiang, the left attendant of the original official department, was held. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing Tong Xin's awe-inspiring appearance, the prison guards looked at each other, or someone cautiously asked, "My lord, who are you?" ”

Tong Xin glared at the jailer, then took out a token from his bosom and hung it in front of the jailers, and the token was clearly engraved with a few words from Tong Xin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

Some people may wonder, isn't Tong Xin the right commander of the Gong Wei Division, why does he hold the token of the Praetorian Guard?

It's very simple, because the existence of the Gong Wei Division, as Wei Tianzi's newly established supervision and secret envoy organization, was deliberately concealed by Wei Tianzi and the inner chamberlain, and only a small number of people knew about or vaguely heard of the existence of the Gong Wei Division.

In addition, in addition to the tokens of the Praetorian Guard, the Gong Guard Division also has the tokens of the guards, the Lang Guard, and the Inner Guard, and even, as long as the Arch Guard Division needs it, the Internal Creation Bureau under the name of the Inner Guard will also give the Arch Guard Division a variety of tokens used to prove their identity, so as to ensure that the guards of the Arch Guard Division can travel unhindered in any place.

"It turned out to be the Commander of the Praetorian Guard."

After seeing Tong Xin's token, the jailers became more and more submissive.

Don't look at the Praetorian Guard, in the eyes of some insiders, in fact, the status in Wei Tianzi's mind is not as good as before, but in the eyes of people who don't know the truth, it is still tried and tested to bluff people with the identity of the Praetorian Guard.

"Less nonsense! Take this commander to see Xi Jiang! Tong Xin shouted in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes." The jailers hurriedly responded, leading Tong Xin and several guards behind him to the deep prison.

Praetorian Guard?

Looking at the direction in which Tong Xin and the others left, Sun Luo touched his chin thoughtfully.

Just when Sun Luo doubted the origin of Tong Xin and the others, Tong Xin and his party had come to the cell in the depths of the Dali Temple prison under the leadership of those jailers.

Suddenly, a sound of footsteps caught Xi Jiang's attention, he looked up, just in time to see several jailers open the cell door, and then, a man dressed as a janissary (Tong Xin) stepped in.

What's wrong with it?

Xi Jiang sighed secretly, and a few traces of bitterness and helplessness flashed in his eyes.

"You are the left attendant of the original ministry, Xi Jiang?" Tong Xin asked in a deep voice after looking Xi Jiang up and down a few times.

Xi Jiang glanced at Tong Xin with a puzzled look, nodded, and said carefully: "It's a sinner, I don't know who this adult is?" ”

Before he finished his words, he saw Tong Xin wave his hand and said in a deep voice: "Take it to the torture room, I will interrogate it personally!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the guards behind Tong Xin stepped forward and set Xi Jiang up without saying anything.

Seeing the other party's posture, Xi Jiang couldn't help but panic a little, and shouted while struggling: "Who are you?" You have no right to abuse lynching! ”

But in the end, Xi Jiang was still taken by Tong Xin and his party to the torture room at the end of the prison, that is, the place where the prisoners were tortured to extract confessions.

At this time, Tong Xin dismissed the jailers and ordered them not to approach, and then ordered a guard to guard outside, instructing: "Tong Hu, look here, no one is allowed to approach!" ”

"Brother, don't worry." The guard patted his chest and swore an oath.

Only then did Tong Xin step into the torture room and close the door.

At this time, Lang Xijiang, the left attendant of the original official department who had been put on the room by two imperial guards, was shocked and angry in his eyes, looked at Tong Xin with angry and fearful eyes, and said in a low voice: "You guys...... Could it be that King Yong sent it? ”

However, to his surprise, Tong Xin chuckled, took out a stack of papers from his arms, and slapped it on Xi Jiang's chest.

Immediately, he waved his hand and motioned for the two guards to let Xi Jiang go.

Xi Jiang glanced at Tong Xin suspiciously, took the stack of papers with both hands, frowned and looked down to read it, but he didn't expect that the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and even a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

It turned out that on that stack of paper, it was his Xi Jiang's resume so far, including how many people in the family, what their names were, how old they are this year, and even his birth date was clearly written on it, so he almost dug out his Xi Jiang's ancestors.

Seeing this, Xi Jiang's eyes flashed with a thick vigilance, and he asked indignantly and angrily, "Who are you?" ”

Looking at Xi Jiang's vigilant eyes, Tong Xin was unusually calm, and said lightly: "Lord Xi, you don't have to guess Tong's identity, what Tong asks you, you just need to answer truthfully, and you will be fine." ”

However, Xi Jiang still looked at Tong Xin with vigilant eyes, and said coldly: "I have nothing to say!" ”

Seeing this, Tong Xin frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he took out another crimson token from his arms and hung it in front of Xi Jiang.

The right commander of the Imperial Court Guard of the Vertical Arch Hall makes Tong Xin? …… Hey? Could it be that Gong Wei Division?

A look of surprise flashed in Xi Jiang's eyes, as the left attendant of the original ministry, of course he had heard that there was such a transcendent supervision department in the palace, but Wei Tianzi and the inner attendant had always denied the existence of the Gong Wei Division, so people like Xi Jiang who were hearsayrs did not dare to talk about it wantonly.

It turned out to be His Majesty's people......

After a false alarm, Xi Jiang shook his head with a wry smile, and asked half-jokingly in front of Tong Xin, "Is the Lord Commander going to make an unannounced visit?" Perhaps the Commander-in-Chief asks the sinners to know everything. ”

Tong Xin nodded, and then asked, "Lord Xi, how much do you know about that friend?" ”

"Huh?" Xi Jiang couldn't help but be stunned, because he didn't expect Tong Xin to ask him such a question.

After thinking about it, he said truthfully: "Xu Ji and I, both from Zaozhuang, Xiangyi County, are neighbors of each other, at that time my family was poor, and he once helped ...... with righteousness" Saying, he raised his head to look at Tong Xin, and his confused expression seemed to ask: What are you asking for?

Tong Xin was silent for a moment, and then said, "I suspect that there may still be a mystery in the matter of Xu Ji coming to visit Lord Xi to ask Lord Xi to seek an official for his son...... In short, I need your cooperation, Lord Xi. ”

Xi Jiang thought for a while and asked, "How to cooperate?" ”

I saw Tong Xin think for a while, and said in a low voice: "Xu Ji's father and son are also in prison here, I will interrogate Xu Ji later, please cooperate with me to deceive him, I think this matter is ...... Something is strange. ”

……

Xi Jiang glanced at Tong Xin and was suspicious, after all, he didn't think that Xu Jituo would have any other impure motive for him to help.

However, since Tong Xin has already said this, Xi Jiang can only agree, after all, if Tong Xin is really Wei Tianzi's person, then his behavior of Xi Jiang's full cooperation may save him from prison.

Seeing that Xi Jiang nodded in agreement, Tong Xin then instructed the two imperial guards: "You two go and bring Xu Ji for interrogation." ”

"Yes!" The two guards clenched their fists and left, and after a short time, they carried a man who was about forty years old back to the torture cell.

At this time, Tong Xin had locked Xi Jiang on a wooden frame for torture.

"You're Xu Ji?" Tong Xin asked with a calm face.

Obviously, the world that Xu Ji has seen is far inferior to Xi Jiang, and he was intimidated by Tong Xin's gloomy face, and his legs were weak and his face turned pale.

And when he saw Xi Jiang who was locked in the torture rack, his face was even more ugly, sweat was pouring from his forehead, and he muttered to himself, how could this be? Why is this happening? Sentences like that.

Glancing at Xu Ji, Xi Jiang sighed and said bitterly: "Xu Ji, I was really killed by you......"

Hearing this, Xu Ji turned his head to look at Xi Jiang, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Because in Xu Ji's opinion, his confidant Xi Jiang is the left waiter of the Criminal Department, and he takes care of his son a little, how big is it? Why did it get to this point? You must know that as far as Xu Ji knows, in the past, there were many such favoritism and recommendation of officials in the ministry, why were those people fine, but when they came to him and Xi Jiang, they were bad?

At this time, Tong Xin had already lit the brazier and turned a soldering iron over, while the other two guards took out two thick whips from the shelf where the torture instruments were placed.

"Who are you? Indiscriminately, abusively lynching, and the royal law?! He scolded inwardly.

"Humph!" Tong Xin snorted coldly and scolded: "You have to be hard-mouthed when you die!" I'm telling you, you're in for a big deal this time! ”

I'm just asking my long-time acquaintance to do me a small favor, this ...... Is this a big deal?

Xu Ji didn't know what to do.

At this time, Xi Jiang sighed and said, "Xu Ji, what they are looking for is not me, nor you, but the person who reminded you to come to me for help." ”

"......" Xu Ji opened his mouth and was stunned.

Seeing this, a few traces of surprise flashed in Xi Jiang's eyes: Is there really someone instigating behind his back?

He gave Tong Xin a look.

Tong Xin understood, sneered and said: "That is a group of traitors who are trying to subvert my Great Wei, and it is a heinous crime for you to collude with them!" …… It doesn't matter if you don't recruit, I have a way to get you to speak. ”

As soon as the words fell, the two imperial guards walked up with thick whips, and at this moment, they saw Xu Ji exclaiming: "I recruit me, it's Wang Hu, it's Wang Hu." ”

That's it?

Tong Xin looked at Xu Ji with distrustful eyes.

At this time, Xi Jiang asked Xu Ji with an incredulous expression: "Wang Hu? The county lieutenant of Xiangyi County? Xu Ji, what the hell is going on?! ”

Turning his head to look at Xi Jiang's tragic situation, Xu Ji sighed bitterly and said, "Brother Xi, I can't stand you...... Wang Hu opened several gambling houses in the county a few years ago, and once when I passed by, I went to play tricks, and as a result, I won dozens of taels of silver......"

Xi Jiang shook his head, he knew that Xu Ji had a small fortune, and the gambling house has always put a long line to catch big fish for this kind of rich patrons - first give you a taste of sweetness, if you fall into it because of greed, then in the end, you will be slaughtered by the gambling house and bankrupt.

Sure enough, in Xi Jiang's shaking his head and sighing, Xu Ji said bitterly: "The first few times, sometimes I could win a dozen taels, but later, I lost nine times out of ten, and when I came back to my senses, I already owed Wang Hu more than 10,000 taels of silver......

"More than 10,000?" Xi Jiang was stunned, with a slightly angry expression on his face, after all, more than 10,000 taels of silver, this is not a small amount.

"I owe more than 10,000 taels of silver, and I sold my land and house, but it is not enough. …… Later, Wang Hu told me, he said, don't you have a friend who is a high-ranking official in Daliang? Your son has been reading for many years and is considered to be smart and clever, so why not let him take the exam? He also said that if my son became an official, he would exempt me from the arrears, and said that he would marry his youngest daughter to my son......" Xu Ji said ashamedly.

Hearing this, Xi Jiang was silent.